Hello all,
I've finally got my fly shuttle attachment up and running thanks to information generously provided to Joanne Hall. It's part of a hoard of stuff that came with my second hand, 150cm width Glimakra countermarch loom. So far I've found that it's difficult to prevent too much draw in using the fly shuttle. Perhaps this will improve with more practise, or by using a temple (something I need to buy) but I imagine that would slow down the weaving which would kind of defeat the purpose of using a fly shuttle (I haven't needed a temple for weaving the same fabric with boat shuttle).
I'm determined to master it, because I want to weave wide throws (up to 145cm), and I can't imagine how I could possibly throw and catch the shuttle by hand with this sort of width! I'd really appreciate it if any experienced weavers could share any tip for weaving wide, either using a fly shuttle or indeed traditional boat shuttle.