Fiber tools: rag and stick shuttles

Fiber tools: rag and stick shuttles

Looms

Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Textile fibers

Textile machinery

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 threads. The two shuttles in the center are stick shuttles, named for their simplicity. A single piece of flattened wood is notched to hold the weft material. In this case the material is "loopers" which were cotton knitted scraps sold cheaply by sock manufacturers. They were often dyed and used by mountain people to make rugs. At top and bottom are open rag shuttles. The top shuttle is wound with loopers. The bottom is a rag shuttle without the dowels connecting the two sides. These shuttles likely date to between 1890 and 1940; their creator is unknown.

Unknown

Permanent Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1890/1940

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2009-06-24

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Appalachian Region, Southern

stick: 19" x 1.25" rag: about 14.5" x 1.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival