🧵 Handy Hands SHH431 Aerlit Tatting Shuttle, Boysenberry - 1-Pack, with 2 Bobbins Review

All the reviews I read said it was a great hook so I ordered it. When it arrived, I put it up, but the bobbin doesn't spin freely, I have to unwind it myself, which is difficult, especially for a beginner learning to weave. I'm glad it wasn't expensive and I'm wondering if maybe I got a defective one? The packaging has not been saved, I cannot return.

I've done great shuttle projects with other shuttles. I was excited to try this product because it had bobbins and a crochet hook on the end. The first time I tried it I thought maybe I wound the bobbin too tight because my thread wouldn't come out. The second time I just wrapped it and it was still tight. The third time it was the same, but now it was making this horrible noise, like a rib, and the thread wouldn't come out or break. The fourth time was exactly the same. After investing time…

. This hook has a fatal flaw, the spool does not turn well. I stupidly bought this in several colors before trying it and they all have the same problem. In theory it has everything I'm looking for in a shuttle, but it just isn't functional. When I need more line off the hook, I literally have to stop my job and manually spin that spool to get more line off my hook. Any attempt to unwind the line by pulling will simply result in the line on the spool becoming taut and tangling. It is so rigid…