Fiber tools: loom shuttles

A shuttle carries the weft fiber for a weaver. The warp is strung on to a loom from the back to where the weaver sits in front. A weaver needs at least one shuttle, and may use several, for different colors or for different weight of threads. Most overshot weaving was done with two shuttles. These boat shuttles of different shapes all have a carved out core, where the fiber rests. The fiber is wound onto a bobbin or quill, held in the middle, and threaded through the hole in the side. Two of these 1800s-era quills still hold fiber. These shuttles were collected by Ayleene Bryan and donated to the Southern Highland Craft Guild. The creator of these items is unknown