Smooth the Grooves and Edges with Fine SandpaperĪll in all, I am very pleased with my results. I wound my thread around and around the newly made shuttle, and I was able to complete the earring projects found in Rozella Linden's book, Celtic Tatting Knots and Patterns: 12 Original Designs for Needle or Shuttle Tatters. I used my rotary tool and cutting wheel to add the notches to the stick, and I used a fine sandpaper to smooth all of my edges.Īfter brushing all of the dust from the stick, I finished it with two very light coats of tung oil and let it dry. This Popsicle Stick Was a Little Less Than 4 Inches In order to turn the popsicle stick into a Celtic tatting shuttle, I simply had to sand it smoother than smooth, and add some notches to each end to wind my thread. The base I chose for my shuttle was something I already had on hand a popsicle stick from a quickly eaten popsicle! After studying the look of some Celtic shuttles I saw in videos, I decided I could make my own, at least to get me started.Ĭeltic Tatting Requires a Shuttle with a Narrow Width When I heard of Celtic tatting, I very much wanted to give it a try, but I just couldn't seem to find Celtic tatting shuttles at any of our local shops, and my shuttles were in no way narrow enough to use for weaving the designs. In order to weave the design through and around itself, the tatting shuttle must be narrow enough to pass through the loops and bridges formed by twisting the work.

How Is a Celtic Tatting Shuttle Different from Other Shuttles?Ĭeltic tatting requires the lacemaker to weave his or her completed work into a Celtic design.