
I'm not sure what came over me. After seeing some blog posts by people who have created their own tatting shuttles, I really really wanted to try making one of my own. Being the kind of crafter who doesn't mind playing with trash, I decided to make the shuttle from materials I had around the house.
I used a regular sewing machine bobbin for the inside of the shuttle. For the outer parts, I cut pieces out of a convenience store soda cup. You'll probably notice that it's from the same convenience store as some of my previous upcycling projects (Maverik). To enhance the curve of the plastic, I heated it up over the burner of my electric stove. This also helped round out the edges so they wouldn't catch on the thread. Gluing everything together wasn't as smooth as I hoped. I tried a couple different types of glue and I'm still not confident that it won't fall apart on me at some time.

2 mad comments:
I have a burning desire to learn to tat. My great grandmother made beautiful pieces, and it is in my blood! Can you recommend a good book, ore site that teaches the basics? I would totally love that!
PS- I looked through your pieces, and they are lovely!
Do you have a way to layer the plastic? That would reinforce it so it wouldn't be as flimsy.
And Tanya, Rebecca Jones has a good book, The Complete Book of Tatting, and there are some fabulous tutorial on YouTube (look for one for 'how to load a shuttle', it's the start of a good series) and Georgia Seitz runs free online tatting classes.
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