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The textile industry around the world is literally carried on the shoulders of bobbins, spools, and shuttles. In
common terminology, the bobbins were used to wind spun yarn on a compact carrier that could in inserted in
the center of a shuttle and shot across the open weaving shed to form the filling or pick. A spool is another
name for a yarn carrier often used to carry thread for sewing (thread is generally finer than yarn). A shuttle
traditionally carries the bobbin across the shed. As technology evolved, shuttles were replaced by other means
of transport: rapiers, air-jet, water-jet and other means. In the "olden days" the hard wood bobbins, spools and
shuttles carried the day.
With many thanks to Peter
Metzke for sharing these
images.
Metzke for sharing these
images.
Lowell Bobbins 1930