Clover Tatting Shuttles Arts Supplies, 6" Height x 3" Length x 0.5" Width, colors may vary

I am learning to tat and I bought these following a recommendation from one of my lessons. In my inexperienced opinion, these are very comfortable, sturdy and easy to handle. I started learning to tat with a different shuttle that has a crochet on one side but once I started using these I was able to position my fingers better and not worry about accidentally engaging the crochet with the thread. Also, compare to my old shuttle, this is easy to wind and unwind and it has a pleasant sound too. Happy tatting!

Perfect size!

These shuttles are good, durable material and I love that the nail on it has a little curve that makes it easier to pull the thread through the picots.

The smaller size is easier to manage

Perfect for my small hands.

I've done tatting for over 45 years and have taught it for the past 3 years in Community Education Classes, for which I wrote a textbook on tatting,  Beginning Tatting: A Lesson Book: Arts and Crafts Collection . I've purchased these shuttles for my students to use on many occasions. They're just a little smaller than the Boyle shuttles, but they fit nicely in the hand and pass smoothly among the threads in the process of working the pattern. Because they are small, they will not hold as much of a standard crochet thread as one might like for larger motifs--though they will finish a snowflake in this material--but are fully adequate for the standard tatting threads used in bridal and other laces. They are certainly more than adequate for common sewing threads used in making note cards and baby laces. The pointed end is not quite as easy to use for picking apart mistakes, but it also doesn't tend to get accidentally caught on threads as it passes through the hands in the tatting process like the Boyle can either. (I usually find a small size crochet hook often works best for removing mistakes when they occur anyway.) As with most plastic shuttles, this one has a fixed "post" so it must be wound as is, unlike the Boyle which has a removable bobbin.

I'm just adding to a review I've already submitted. The one mistake I found in my purchase was the order read pink an blue shuttles I received an ugly orange and light green. But I'll keep them.

this are good for the price but i am not using them for tatting . i am using them for a butterfly loom . it makes granny squares and you tie the crossings with strings were the squares meet . it makes a 8x8 and i was having to cut my strings to much because it would get tangled with this i can wind it all on and work off of it . it works pritty good . the only complaint i have is the points at both ends was really sharp i keeped scratching my hands pritty good . so i took a emery board and filled them down now it is what i was looking for .

They are what I needed and works well.

Clover shuttles are the best! The ones I received were blue and pink, not yellow and green though. No problems although I would have preferred the colors from the photo

Ottimo prodotto adatto x la lavorazione del chiacchierino ,leggero e maneggevole

Muy cómodas y se adaptan muy bien para lo que yo quería, quizás si necesitas para un trabajo más laborioso se quedan pequeñas , pero para mi era perfecto

Facile à prendre en main. Très facile d'utilisation, merci au tutoriel sur youtube pour faire de la frivolité 👍. Contente de mon achat :)