Editing Loom (section)

===Boat shuttles===
Boat shuttles may be closed (central hollow with a solid bottom) or open (central hole goes right through). The yarn may be side-feed or end-feed.<ref name=boat>{{cite magazine  |last1=Moncreif |first1=Liz |title=Choosing and Using Shuttles—Boat Shuttles, Bobbins, and Quills |url=https://handwovenmagazine.com/choosing-and-using-shuttles-boat-shuttles-bobbins-and-quills/ |magazine=Handwoven Magazine |access-date=12 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=endboat>{{cite web |last1=Moncreif |first1=Liz |title=Choosing and Using Shuttles: Double-Bobbin Boat Shuttles and End-Feed Shuttles |url=https://handwovenmagazine.com/choosing-and-using-shuttles-double-bobbin-boat-shuttles-and-end-feed/ |work=Handwoven Magazine  |access-date=12 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref> They are commonly made for 10-cm (4-inch) and 15-cm (6-inch) bobbin lengths.<ref name=woodworks>{{cite web |title=Weaving Shuttles |url=http://blusterbaywoodworks.com/shuttles/ |publisher=Bluster Bay Woodworks}}</ref>

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File:Väv, Skyttlar.jpg|Top, an open boat shuttle (the other two are closed). Bottom, a Swedish-style asymmetrical shuttle with a paper quill. All are side-feed; the topmost one runs on rollers
File:Rhode Island weaving (51015839030) (square).jpg|Boat shuttle inside the shed. It floats on the lower warp threads. This only works on horizontal looms. [[Rhode Island]], USA.
File:Navettes de métier.JPG|Boats with square-ended recesses are intended for bobbins with end flanges. Other shuttles have round-cornered recesses. They are often intended for use with paper quills (tubes of rolled paper).
File:%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B8_1.JPG|Macedonian open shuttles with paper quills.
File:Човники для ткацьких верстатів в етнопарку "Ладомирія" 2.jpg|A collection of open and closed shuttles in Ukraine, some clearly handmade.
File:Balint-napra keszitett kalotaszegi vetelo 1883-bol.jpg|This Transylvanian shuttle was a Valentine's Day gift.
File:মাকো.jpg|These Assamese shuttles, presumably for very fine silk, are slender and do not hold much volume.
File:Shuttle for silk weaving. Khotan, Xinjiang. 2010.jpg|Asymmetric open boat shuttle, [[Khotan]].
File:Bobbins used inside shuttles.JPG|Two end-feed pirns and a side-feed bobbin (bottom)
File:Rebozo-Weberei in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.jpg|Simple closed, side-feed boat shuttle with a paper bobbin, Mexico
File:Shuttle with bobbin.JPG|How the conical pirn loads on an end-feed shuttle.
File:Kangasteljed Vormsi rahvamajas.jpg|Using two shuttles for weft stripes, [[Estonia]]
File:CSM Textiles2.jpg|Weaving with three shuttles
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