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A shuttle is a tool designed to neatly and compactly store weft
Weft

In weaving, weft or woof is the yarn which is drawn under and over parallel Warp yarns to create a textile. In North America, it is sometimes referred to as the "fill" or the "filling yarn", and in India, it is referred to as "baana"....
 yarn while weaving
Weaving

Weaving is the textile arts in which two distinct sets of yarn, called the Warp and the filling or weft , are interlaced with each other to form a textile....
. Shuttles are thrown or passed back and forth through the shed
Shed (weaving)

In weaving, the shed is the area between upper and lower Warp yarns through which the weft is woven....
, between the yarn threads of the warp
Warp (weaving)

In weaving, the warp is the set of lengthwise yarns through which the weft is woven. Each individual warp thread in a fabric is called a warp end....
 in order to weave in the weft.

The simplest shuttles, known as "stick shuttles", are made from a flat, narrow piece of wood with notches on the ends to hold the weft yarn. More complicated shuttles incorporate pirn
Bobbin

A bobbin is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which wire, yarn, thread or roll film is wound. Bobbins are typically found in sewing machines, cameras, and within Electronics equipment....
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A shuttle is a tool designed to neatly and compactly store weft
Weft

In weaving, weft or woof is the yarn which is drawn under and over parallel Warp yarns to create a textile. In North America, it is sometimes referred to as the "fill" or the "filling yarn", and in India, it is referred to as "baana"....
 yarn while weaving
Weaving

Weaving is the textile arts in which two distinct sets of yarn, called the Warp and the filling or weft , are interlaced with each other to form a textile....
. Shuttles are thrown or passed back and forth through the shed
Shed (weaving)

In weaving, the shed is the area between upper and lower Warp yarns through which the weft is woven....
, between the yarn threads of the warp
Warp (weaving)

In weaving, the warp is the set of lengthwise yarns through which the weft is woven. Each individual warp thread in a fabric is called a warp end....
 in order to weave in the weft.

The simplest shuttles, known as "stick shuttles", are made from a flat, narrow piece of wood with notches on the ends to hold the weft yarn. More complicated shuttles incorporate pirn
Bobbin

A bobbin is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which wire, yarn, thread or roll film is wound. Bobbins are typically found in sewing machines, cameras, and within Electronics equipment....
s. In the silk weaving sheds and the cotton of the north west England, the weft was wound onto a "quill" or "pirn", which was then inserted into the shuttle.

Shuttles are often made of wood from the Flowering Dogwood
Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida is a species of dogwood native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southern Ontario and eastern Kansas, and south to northern Florida and eastern Texas and also in Illinois, with a disjunct population in eastern Mexico in Nuevo Le?n and Veracruz....
, because it is so hard, resists splintering, and can be polished to a very smooth finish.

Originally shuttles were passed back and forth by hand. However, John Kay
John Kay (flying shuttle)

John Kay was the inventor of the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution.He was born in Bury, Lancashire, England....
 invented a loom in 1733 that incorporated a flying shuttle
Flying shuttle

The flying shuttle was one of the key developments in weaving that helped fuel the Industrial Revolution. It was patented by John Kay in 1733....
. This shuttle could be thrown through the warp, which allowed much wider cloth to be woven much more quickly and made the development of machine looms much simpler.

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