I have one of these, too! It's a great tension-reliever just moving it back and forth! Someone has added a note under the Q&A section of the listing and he is right I believe. It is a shuttle for machine weaving of ribbon. I got mine from a fellow in Pennsylvania who is a retired silk tie fabric weaver and who collects antique looms and related paraphernalia including a wonderful old jacquard loom. He makes jacquard reproductions to order among other things. I visited his wonderful collection with a group of weaving friends a few years ago and it was the first time I had gotten to see a jacquard loom in action....fascinating! He did also have a ribbon loom which used several of these shuttles simultaneously as I recall, but we didn't get to see that one work.
Vicki in Maryland where it is trying to be summer again after a few glorious autumn days...temps in the high 80s and humid )-: ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
