Shuttles From My Husband

Over the years I have mentioned that I have a wonderful husband. He recently surprised me again with a couple of new shuttles he made. Not for any special occasion, just because he knows how much I like shuttles!

Oak shuttle front on wandasknottythoughts
Oak shuttle front

This is made of oak. We have several pieces of oak handrails which were removed from a local hospital when they made improvements. He randomly will make something from the wood when he’s feeling inspired. That day, he made a shuttle for me.

Oak shuttle post on wandasknottythoughts
Oak shuttle post

I love the look and feel of this shuttle! It tats beautifully!

Cherry shuttle back on wandasknottythoughts
Cherry shuttle back

My husband found a pretty piece of wood in the scrap pile. He’s not sure what it is but believes it may be cherry.

Cherry shuttle front on wandasknottythoughts
Cherry shuttle front

We may not know the type of wood it is, but it makes a gorgeous shuttle! It also tats very nice. I love working with it.

As he was in the mood to work with shuttles, I brought him the shuttle he made me way back in 2009. I love that he made me this shuttle, but it was so thick I didn’t really care to use it much. I asked if he could thin it down a bit.

2009 Oak shuttle on wandasknottythoughts
2009 Oak shuttle

He did a great job! Unfortunately, thinning it down removed the carving of the date from one side and my initials from the other. I’m thinking of ways the dates can be added back to this shuttle and the others as well.

Back of 2009 oak shuttle on wandasknottythoughts
Back of 2009 oak shuttle

He made the tips on this shuttle a bit different from the others, with one blade shorter than the other. I do like how this loads thread better, but not enough to complain about the others! All of them feel good in my hands. I’ve found my favorite shuttles!

While he was in the woodworking mood he made another piece out of oak. This was done on our CNC machine.

Oak sun on wandasknottythoughts
Oak sun

May the sun shine on you to aid in your tatting adventures!

6 thoughts on “Shuttles From My Husband”

  1. Those shuttles are beautiful, love the wicked picks… Shame you are not closer I have boxes of exotics from hubby’s woodturning days. It started him making me lace bobbins on an electric drill. Then he got a full sized lathe! I’ve boxes of well seasoned wood I purchased about 30 years ago… (Yep, I was the Timber yard manager – on a small scale LOL)

    1. Thank you! My husband is wonderful! Wow, it is too bad we are so far apart – and not exactly easy to drive to, LOL! He would love that seasoned wood! Sounds like your hubby’s pretty special, too.

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