Jane shows her favorite Schacht open-bottom shuttle in Season 1. What size is she using in her videos - 11" or 9"?
Thank you!
The 11” ones, Susan.
Thank you, Sandra. One more question. Does she use the slim line or regular 11". I know it will all come down to personal preference and I like to know the base line to start out from the teacher.
Jane uses the regular one. I have both - I use the regular ones on my Louet David and the slim ones on my old Woolhouse table loom, which has shallow shed.
Hi Sandra - I have been using the slim 11” shuttle on my Jane loom but am wondering if you think it would be worth getting the standard 11” now that I am about to take the plunge and assemble my new David III and start the next step in my weaving adventures! I presume the main advantage is extra weight so that it travels through the shed with minimum effort? The bobbins are the same is that right? Thanks.
Katherine, you had me checking! I have both sets and I use the slim on my Woolhouse and thought I always used the larger set on my David. I’ve just realized that I’d used the slim ones on my tea towel warp and didn’t even notice. I weighed one of each set and found there is only 1 oz difference between each shuttle. Why don’t you just see how your slims work for you and wait until you know before buying another set.
That sounds like very good advice to me! Thanks for the quick reply. I’ll see how
I get on…and now that I am ‘saving’ money by not buying another shuttle, I can buy more yarn! Hurray!
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Thank you! Good information to have.
….just adding follow on to reply above to get this thread up to recent posts on forum! Entering it as a ‘reply’ doesn’t seem to have that effect.
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