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For the past few years I have been carving Tatting Shuttles. My Great Grandfather was a wood carver and had carved at least three wooden shuttles from Hickory taken from his farm near Springfield,…

Norma Benporath (1900 - 1998) designed lovely tatting patterns which were published by SEMCO in the pre- and during the WWII years. This pattern caught my attention because of its oval shuttle-like shape. It is from the Home Beautiful Tatting Book #4 - Oval Shuttle motif - Tatting at BellaOnline

Blog dedicated to my grandmother about the art of tatting, with pictures of my tatting and knotting shuttle collections.

Learning to tat is on my needlework bucket list. I love the look of this exquisite form of lace making.

I have read all your comments to my previous post, where I first wrote about the subject. At that time I didn't have a name for it. I...

Hey y'all and welcome to my second tatting pattern. This is a free shuttle tatting pattern for a lace bookmark. I call it a lace bookmark, because it looks like lace. And because tatting is a form of lace-making. Tatting to me is the easiest type of lace-making you can start. I love reading and

Dave made this tatting shuttle from a gorgeous piece of "Candy Apple" red celluloid.

The little bird is from the Christmas tree pattern a couple posts back. the Secret Door Pattern I bought from imsooming I put a different type of stiffener on this, so some glue did show through. You do need to pin out these little beauties pattern is free and on the web sight listed but it is a little trouble getting there. and this was found on Pinterest. I love these and they are quick and easy to tat up and I will combine them with my little flowers Have a great day!

A small walk from the hotel where we were staying in Indonesia was the village of Tembi, where scattered amongst the homes, quite a large selection of crafts were being made. I bought some leather handbags and this leather box which now holds my pop-a-bobbin shuttles. The walk to the local craft industry took you past these sights One mode of transport A very early prayer call was heard every morning at 4 am from the Mosque and at other times during the day. Notice the loud speakers on top. There was no door to the place where the leather and rattan goods were being made, you just came upon it quite suddenly after going past some small dwellings. All the goods were stacked on shelves and on our first visit we had a job to find someone to ask how we could buy them. So we went back the following day. I am pleased to announce that a small quantity of pop-a-bobbins shuttles and a few hooks with hats on were delivered to Jane at the weekend and will be going into her Etsy shop very soon.

Vintage Original TATSY TATTING SHUTTLE 4" and TATSY PATTERN with (3) Holiday Snowflake Tatting Ornament Designs. (2) DMC Perle Cotton - Ecru #3 16.4 yard skeins. One White Tatted Flower Shaped Doily measures approximately 5 1/2" The Shuttle is already threaded with pale yellow & remaining thread is included, plus a tiny piece of Tatting lace is still attached! Estate find, the "threaded" Shuttle may come in handy for practicing♡ The Doily also came from the estate, not sure if the previous owner Tatted it♡ Picture 8 shows the supplies needed for Tatting the Snowflakes.

Tatting shuttle pine with knot 2.5 inch long 0,75 hook, handcrafted by me. After I hand polished put one layer water-based lacquer coat which contains only water dissolvent (advised for baby wooden toys). This improved the usability of the shuttle – made it quicker - and it got a warm polish. It is well constructed and surprisingly light. It tats very well and holds a ton of thread. This pretty shuttle measures approx. 2.5" long by 7/8"" wide. It comes from a smoke and pet free house. *********************************************************** I try to describe my items accurately and to the best of my ability. All items are sold as seen and returns will only be considered if an item has been seriously mis-described. Please e-mail me if you have any questions or require further information, and I will respond as soon as I can. I will combine postage on multiple purchases where possible. Rates quoted are for Priority Mail. Should any item send as International Signed Delivery or with insurance please contact me before you arrange the payment especially for overseas shipping. All items are carefully packed to protect them in transit, and I would rather use extra packing to ensure this, which is included in the handling charge quoted. I cannot be held responsible for any item lost or damaged in the post, but keep all proof of posting receipts and will be happy to give all assistance should a claim to Post be necessary. Once you receive your item, please leave feedback so that I know it has arrived safely and that there are no problems. If you have a genuine problem with an item, please contact me before leaving neutral or negative feedback. Problems can always be resolved provided the opportunity is given.

I officially started my tatting shuttle collection on June 12, 2012. Even though I already owned 2 plastic tatting shuttles since I was around 12 years old, it was not until then that I decided to collect them and started spending hours online learning more about the history of tatting and the different shuttles out there. I will post pictures of my tatting shuttle collection here, hope you enjoy them. LAST PAGE UPDATE: February 24, 2013 SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CHECK OUT THE LATEST UPDATES OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINKS TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE LATEST PICTURES Celulloid BUCILLA tatting shuttles Tatting shuttle with Colorful Confetti Design Clear Tatting Shuttle Pearlescent tatting shuttle Rubber tatting shuttle by N.R.Co Detach-a-bobbin Tatting Shuttle ENGLISH The firsts Milward tatting shuttles were produced in England around the 1930s in plain black. The Milward tatting shuttle was later produced between the 50s and the 80s in black and white plastic with an orange sticker with the Millward name on the center. These shuttles were sold with a crochet hook. In 1933 a very light aluminium tatting shuttle was produced marked "AERO ENGLAND". This shuttle was most commonly found without a pick, as a pick was not very popular int the UK. This shuttle could still be found until the 1960's. The AERO model is very special for me, it is the tatting shuttle that Ceci uses for her tatting work. The aluminium Aero shuttle was later replaced with a plastic Aero tatting shuttle, originally produced in England. This shuttle is made out of plastic, has a built in crochet hook and detachable bobbin. Shuttle is marked "MADE IN ENGLAND" I don't have much information on this shuttle, it came from the UK and can be seen on some English publications. It is plastic and translucent. Below are six plastic tatting shuttles produced in the UK probably from 1930 -1960. These tatting shuttles have very bright colors and very robust. Similar tatting shuttles can be found in Pam Palmer's book "Tatting Shuttles - Related Tools & Accessories" in page 66. UPDATED 2/24/13 This clear tatting shuttle is very unique, I don't have much information on it, came from England. CONTEMPORARY TATSY These are contemporary tatting shuttles called "TATSY", they are made out of plastic and molded with the TATSY logo and slogan: "Tatting Made Easy". The TATSY tatting shuttle is large, measuring 1 1/4 x 4 1/4 and allows for large amounts of thread. In the picture on the right is a TATSY tatting shuttle next to a clover plastic tatting shuttle for size comparison. The TATSY tatting shuttles can be found in various colors both solid and translucent. Pearl Cotton No. 3 -31 yds. Pearl Cotton No. 5 -53 yds. Pearl Cotton No. 8 -95 yds. Crochet Cotton No. 10 -101 yds. Crochet Cotton No. 20 -122 yds. Crochet Cotton No. 30 -140 yds. Crochet Cotton No. 40 -145 yds. Tatting Cotton No. 70 -210 yds. BOYE Tatting shuttle by the Boye Company, originally produced in red, yellow, green and white, but can now be found in various other colors. (1952) Boye Improved tatting shuttles (1923) One marked "PAT APR 17, 23" discontinued on 1943. Second tatting shuttle has no patent date mark, this shuttle produced starting1947 can still be found today. Tatting shuttle by the Boye Needle Company. This shuttle introduced a swing arm to remove the bobbin. In the picture below two marked "PAT APPLD FOR" and one marked "PAT. APRIL 10, 1917" SUSAN BATES SUSAN BATES WHITE DOT Tatting shuttle produced by the C.J.Bates company, marked "Susan Bates" " WHITE DOT", "PAT. APPD FOR", produced both with and without a pick, in red, black, white, blue and green. (1937) These are other colorful examples of Susan Bates "WHITE DOT". Susan Bates tatting shuttle produced after the 'Boye Improved' patent for its shuttle expired. (1940) This shuttle, like the 'Boye Improved' can still be found today. ARTISTIC CELLULOID ART DECO DESIGN Unmarked tatting shuttle made of celluloid with an art deco design. Estimated to be produced around 1920. PUMPKINSEED The pumpkinseed was produced in different colors: ivory, pink, blue, black. and different sizes. PEARLESCENT UPDATED 2/24/13 These two pearlescent tatting shuttles are just beautiful. They both have different colors on both sides. Estimated to have been produced between 1920 and 1930. The pictures below show front and back views of these shuttles. GREAT DESIGNS THE PARKER PATENT This tatting shuttle has an internal bobbin that can be turned using a small handle that comes with it, unfortunately I don't have the one that came with this shuttle. The first parker tatting shuttles where primary made out of bone. In my collection, a parker tatting shuttle design in real tortoiseshell. Side view of the parker tatting shuttle This shuttle design was patented on April 7, 1868 with trademark No. 76512. If you want to see the complete patent documentation you can click on the following link: PARKER TATTING SHUTTLE PATENT GODDARD In the picture below the tatting shuttle on the right is the Goddard tatting shuttle with removable bobbin. Produced in two different sizes, most commonly found in French ivory. It is marked "TRADE MARK GODDARD SHUTTLE PAT.PENDING" (1914) In the picture below the tatting shuttle on the left has a similar design to the Goddard shuttle, marked "PAT APL" (1917) A side view of two Goddard tatting shuttles, french ivory: Detach-a-Spool by the Justrice Manufacturing Company. This is one of my favorite shuttles to work with. They are marked "PAR APPLD FOR", however the patent was never filled for this shuttle. UPDATED 2/24/13"Detach-a-Bobbin"tatting shuttle produced previous to the 'detach-a-spool' that uses the long sewing machine bobbin. - (1915-1920) I am very happy to finally have one as part of my collection. The Detach-a-Spool shuttle was later produced by the Hero Manufacturing Co. (1948) Tatting shuttle by the Justrite Manufacturing Company. The Justrite tatting shuttle was designed to twist apart. (1917) Pelc two bobbin tatting shuttle. Patented in 1998 by Lauren Pelc. It has two removable bobbins. THE ROYAL Royal shuttles manufactured by Justrice Manufacturing Company, different sizes. 1915-1940 Two of the shuttles have a cylindrical rivet in the center, this model was introduced around 1930. RUBBER UPDATED 2/24/13 This is a rubber tatting shuttle, is is marked 'N.R.Co' which stands for Novelty Rubber Company. These shuttles were produced in the United States in 1851 in NYC. More rubber shuttles, all of these are unmarked. GIVEAWAYS C.J.Bates bone shuttles, given away as advertisement premiums. These shuttles are carved with leaf shapes. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. tatting shuttle, was given away for filling out a questionnaire. Made out of French Ivory. (1917-1921) The back of the Lydia Pinkham shuttle reads "Yours for Health" "Vegetable Compound" These tatting shuttles were given out to promote the Carnation Evaporated Milk. 1920s Came in two sizes, with and without a pick and in five different colors: white, black, tortoiseshell, pink and blue. In my collection there is a tortoiseshell with pick and pink with no pick. GLORIA The Gloria tatting shuttle produced by the MCoy & Jones Co. These shuttles are found on ivory, white, tortoiseshell and black. They were produced in two different sizes, with the smaller shuttles being produced with or without a pick. Marked "Trade Gloria Mark" In my collection, a small french ivory pick-less Gloria Tatting shuttle. I added two more Gloria shuttles to my collection: a small tortoiseshell imitation and a large black tatting shuttle. In the picture below the three Gloria shuttles: ORIGINAL PACKAGE HERO Tatting shuttles by the Hero Manufacturing Co. 1951-1960 . These hero tatting shuttles are in their original display cards. PLASTIC & CELLULOID Various celluloid tatting shuttles of different colors with round edges. The first two have a pick, the other three are pick-less. Very nice plastic baby blue vintage tatting shuttle. TILCO Tatting shuttles by the Tilco & Cook Co. (1945) Colors black and white in my collection. BUCILLA UPDATED 2/24/13 Celluloid tatting shuttles marked 'BUCILLA' 'REG.U.SPAT.OFF' Came in various sizes and different colors, pink, blue, ivory, white and black. (1916) Assorted plastic and celluloid shuttles... VINTAGE AND COLORFUL Another two plastic tatting shuttles with beautiful colors and designs, unmarked most probably from the 1940's - 1950's No markings in these colorful plastic tatting shuttles. Most probably produced between 1930-1960 Another unmarked tatting shuttle. This tatting shuttle is marbled with tones of burgundy and gray. I am not sure of the age of this shuttle, a similar one can be found in Heidi Nakayama's Book "Tatting Shuttles of American Collectors" stated to be from the 1930's UPDATED 2/24/13 A nice tatting shuttle with a very colorful confetti design. GERMAN SILVER German silver shuttles. With and without a pick. (1917 - 1920) Marked "Ger.Silver" German silver shuttles. Large and small sizes. Marked "Ger.Silver" STERLING SILVER AND ENAMEL American sterling shuttles 1910-1940. Different manufactures: Nussbaum & Hunold (N&H) and Webster. Two shuttles are enameled, beautiful blue and green, hard to find. NATURE SHUTTLES WOOD SHUTTLES This is a contemporary wooden shuttle. Pretty design shaped as a fish. Came from South America. Here are five special wood shuttles. Two of them are tartanware: STUART- completely made out of wood, this shuttle appears in the cover of Pam Palmer book "Tatting Shire Album 323". MC. FARLANE - wood with metal post. These are bone shuttles, most of them came from Europe. This tatting shuttle came from Europe, it is bone imitation in a plastic like material. Abalone shuttles, not sure if they are old. Beautiful colors, hard to capture with the camera. The two largest shuttles are carved bone. The smallest one, probably the oldest of the set, has a more elaborated design in Cantonese style made of carved ivory. The shuttles are beautiful in design but not practical to tat with as they do not allow for much thread. Mid-nineteenth century. HORN These tatting shuttles came from England. They are horn inlaid with silver and mother of pearl. Common in the nineteenth and twentieth century in Great Britain. TORTOISE These three tatting shuttles are made out of plastic - tortoiseshell imitation. This shuttle is vintage, real tortoiseshell. STARTING MY COLLECTION UPDATED: June 20, 2012 Like many of my other collections, I started my search on eBay, my first buy added to my shuttle collection 6 new items: -2 celluloid large celluid, pink and green. -1 celluloid tatting shuttle: small and beige. -1 Red plastic Boye shuttle. -1 Susan Bates white dot red tatting shuttle. -1 Royal Brass tatting shuttle. UPDATED: June 12, 2012 My first two tatting shuttles a red and blue plastic Clover shuttles. This is a picture of the red one, I am still looking for the blue one :( it must be somewhere around my house. When I started my shuttle collection I did not know much about these beautiful items. This book helped me a great deal, and I really recommend it to anyone interested in collection shuttles or just interested in knowing the history behind this needlework tool. "Tatting Shuttles of American Collectors" -Heidi Nakayama

Fabric Shuttles These are Boye shuttles I prettied up with left over fabric. 1.) Sand the shuttle lightly (roughen it up). If you fabric is too light and shuttle, too dark, paint white acrylic paint on top of the shuttle. 2.) Add decoupage to the top shuttle and back of fabric. Leave the fabric a little larger than the shuttle. 3. ) Once, dry, trim the fabric, next to the shuttle. Hint: I found it easier to trim the fabric, when it's still a little tacky. If it's too dry, sometimes it would release from the shuttle. 4.) Add another coat of decoupage to the top and side. Repeat one more time. 5.) Once dry add three coats of colorless fingernail polish. Allow the coats to dry, before adding the next coat. I like them all so well, I don't know if I could sell them. But things for sale can be found HERE.

Here is the history of the clover red and blue tatting shuttles. Thanks for sending the email for me Georgia Seitz. Thank you for your response. We contacted headquarters and was told the tatting shuttles were introduced in 1964 and then discontinued in 1990. In 1990, a new tatting shuttle was introduced in a tortoise color to give it a higher quality look and to make it more aesthetically pleasing. The gold labels were replaced because it could be easily removed and now we have the Clover name engraved so that it cannot be duplicated. We hope this answers your questions and we thank you for your interest in our products. Please visit our website at www.clover-usa.com to view our latest products. Sincerely, Customer Service

Dave hand carved this 2 5/8 inch flat shuttle from Buffalo Bone. It has four carved rosettes (2 on each side) and is polished to a glass finish.

Two new lightweight ladybug tatting shuttles have been listed in our Etsy shop this afternoon. These sweet little fiber art tools were crafted by Dave from basswood.

Sew Mate Tatting Shuttles are plastic shuttle that are about 3" long and able to hold more thread the then clover tatting shuttle style. With point for ease of joining picots. Wrap the thread around the center post, and unwrap it, clicking it between the tips, as you go. The tips come together firmly, allowing you to let the shuttle hang without any thread unwinding. Works great for two shuttle tatting methods and patterns. Available in 5 colors; Purple, Lime, Orange, Pink and Teal.

I love shuttle tatting. I actually prefer shuttle tatting to needle tatting. Shuttle tatting is a little harder than tatting with a needle. Since I've already done a needle tatting post I decided to do a post about shuttle tatting for beginners. Tatting is a beautiful old-fashioned art and it has been around for centuries.

The Perfect Tatter’s Travel Companion! Easily slips into a purse, backpack, or suitcase to keep accessories together. Both styles are approximately 2.75in wide x 8.50in long and 1.25in tall. #1 This case holds 4 Moonlit shuttles and 2 sunlit shuttles or 6 of each - it can also how Dreamlit shuttles and bobbins (not included) #2 Keep your Aerlit Shuttles and Bobbins neat and organized! This case holds 2 Aerlit shuttles and 15 Aerlit bobbins (Not included). can also be used on Aero, or ** Please note if you add additional items from another listing the added shipping charge is only for the additional item added usually $.50 per item**

Tatting Shuttles & accessories Large Shuttle by Tatsy approx 4 1/2 inches Colors available Clear, Orange, Blue, Yellow, Red & Medium Blue (pictured with used red), Red that you can see through (pictured alone) $4.50/ea Used Red Tatsy $3.50 10 pack of plastic thread holders 2 1/2 inches $3.50/ pack 5 pack of extra spools in plastic $4.00 / pack Celtic Narrow Tatting Shuttle 2 per pack approx 3 1/4 inches- Pack options are Pink/Purple, Dk Org/Lt Org, Dk Blue/Lt Blue Clear/Red and Green/Florescent Green $4.25/pk ** Please note if you add additional items from another listing the added shipping charge is only for the additional item added usually $.50 per item**