Winding a butterfly shuttle

These little hand-manipulated butterfly shuttles are used for some kinds of rugs, tapestries, inlays or other weaves that don't require a weft to go all the way across the warp.

Start by hanging onto the end of the yarn with your little finger. Wrap the yarn in a figure-eight motion around your thumb and forefinger, building it up progressively toward the inside of your hand.  Gently slide the butterfly off of your finger and thumb and wrap the yarn around the middle of the butterfly tightly several times. Break off the end, tuck it under the last wrap and tighten it. The end of this movie shows me pulling the original end of the yarn out of the butterfly as it would pull out during the weaving process.