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===Notched stick shuttles, rag shuttles, and ski shuttles=== <gallery mode="packed"> File:Navette tess.JPG| <!--File:Abydos-Bold-hieroglyph-V27.png|Shuttle hieroglyph--> File:RugMakingWomanPassesShuttle (cropped).jpg|Stick shuttles must be passed, not thrown, which is inconvenient for wide warps. File:Chantier de fouilles Γ Morigny-Champigny en juin 2012 20.jpg|Belt or band shuttle, a short shuttle used for inkle weaving. This extra-sturdy shuttle is also used at a batten, to beat the newly woven weft against the previously woven fell.<ref name=schacht>{{cite web |title=Choosing the Right Shuttle for the Job |url=https://schachtspindle.com/blog/choosing-the-right-shuttle-for-the-job/ |website=Schacht Spindle Company |date=20 December 2021}}</ref> File:Weaving tool (AM 8823-1).jpg|Netting shuttle.<ref name=stickflatrag>{{cite magazine |last1=Moncreif |first1=Liz |title=Choosing and Using Shuttles: Stick Shuttles, Flat Shuttles, and Rag Shuttles |url=https://handwovenmagazine.com/choosing-and-using-shuttles-stick-shuttles-flat-shuttles-and-rag-shuttles/ |magazine=Handwoven Magazine |access-date=12 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Also used for [[netting]]. File:VΓ€v, Mattgarnsskyttel.jpg|Ski shuttle.<ref name=rugski>{{cite magazine |last1=Moncreif |first1=Liz |title=Choosing and Using Shuttles: Rug and Ski |url=https://handwovenmagazine.com/choosing-and-using-shuttles-rug-and-ski/ |magazine=Handwoven Magazine |access-date=12 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Weavers at work LOC 2163450764 (cropped to rag shuttle).jpg|A rag shuttle has two skis; it is used for weaving strips of rag into carpets, whence the name.<ref name=stickflatrag/> File:Stick shuttles.jpg|Stick shuttles wound in a figure-of-eight. </gallery>
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