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Aero Tatting Shuttle Bobbins

by Megan Mills
megan@kiwi.gen.nz

Hello fellow crafty people.   :)

If you tat with an Aero style shuttle you might wonder what it means, exactly, when directions say to "pull off enough thread to fill your second shuttle".

I gathered up all the different threads I have in my stash and hand-wound the bobbins full, but not beyond the edge of the bobbin. Then I unrolled it and measured it and kept a record. I hope the little table that results is useful for you, too.

When I hand-wind I carefully roll the thread onto the bobbin to try to avoid messing up the twist in the thread (I put the bobbin on a pen because I find that easier to "twirl" than the shuttle itself).

Enjoy!

Megan

p.s. I don't have a machine handy and I've never even seen size 90 thread so if you can send me information for any of the gaps in the table I'll fill them in.

Meterage/Yardage to fill an Aero tatting shuttle bobbin with different sized threads
Thread Hand-wound Machine-wound
Size Metres Yards Metres Yards
10 6.5 7.1--
15 8.5 9.3--
20 10.5 11.5--
30 12.0 13.1--
40 13.0 14.3--
50 17.6 19.3--
60 19.5 21.3--
70 22.5 24.6--
80 28.1 30.7--
90 - ---
100 33.0 36.1--

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