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January 15, 2012

NEW! Rag Shuttles and Slim Rag Shuttles Are Back!

When your weft is very heavy, rag shuttles are a great shuttle choice. They are perfect for weaving rugs, whether your weft is heavy rug yarn or rag strips.

After a hiatus of many years, Bluster Bay rag shuttles are once again available in two styles. Learn more . . .

Summer 2011

Bluster Bay Now Has It's Own Retail Store in Sandpoint, Idaho!

Blue Flag Handweaving Studio is Bluster Bay Woodworks' downtown Sandpoint retail store, a working weaver's studio and a relaxed space where we are pleased to offer weaving classes and a full selection of weaving tools and supplies. Our store carries a full selection of Bluster Bay shuttles as well as many other one-of-a-kind Bluster Bay textile tools that are not available anywhere else.

Please check out our new store at 214-B Cedar Street in Sandpoint, or visit it online!

May 16, 2011

NEW! Super Slim Shuttles: Oh So Useful!

When you dearly want to weave off that last two inches of warp but the shed has become impossibly small as the warp apron approaches the back of your heddles . . .

When either the weaving technique you're using or the loom itself, creates a hopelessly small shed . . .

When you need to pop your shuttle in and out between warp threads for pick-up or mid-pick shed changes . . .

Whenever a stick shuttle seems like the only shuttle that could be slim enough (oh, but you hate using a stick shuttle!) . . .

Bluster Bay's new super slim boat shuttles are just the ticket! Learn more here.

October 23, 2010

Beautiful sapele wood is now back in stock

All shuttle sizes are once again available in lustrous sapele from Africa. Please see our current list of woods in stock for the complete selction of Bluster Bay shuttle woods.

And, check back in the next few weeks for some NEW wood offerings!

October 7, 2010

Bluster Bay Products Featured In Selvedge Magazine

Bluster Bay shuttles, swifts and skein winders are featured in the September/October 2010 issue of Selvedge, a London-based publication dedicated to " textiles in fashion, fine art, inetriors, travel and shopping."

Selvedge Editor-In-Cheif Polly Leonard showcases our products along with other "beautiful, sculptural textile tools" that she discovered while attending Convergence 2010 in Albuquerque, NM.

May 24, 2010

Still Available: Mini End-Feeds In East Indian Rosewood – Bolivian Rosewood SOLD OUT

Bolivian rosewood shown at top is SOLD OUT; East Indian rosewood shuttles as shown at bottom are still available while supplies last

We recently acquired some beautiful wood with which to make shuttles – East Indian rosewood. This wood is in limited supply, so we are using it to make 11-inch mini end-feed shuttles only while our supplies last.

EAST INDIAN ROSEWOOD grows in the forests of Southern India and Java. It is a dark-colored wood that varies from dark, rose-brown to near black, often streaked with pink, purple and occassionally green. With its deep, subtle coloring this exotic wood seems to capture the unknown quality and mystery of the Far East. This wood is heavy, very hard and polish to an extremely smooth, silky and lusterous finish.

Learn more about our mini end-feed shuttles here.