At the age of 14, it was my "lot" to enter the weaving shed to learn the mysteries of warp, weft, shuttle, loom, float, picking sticks, lathe, weaver's knot, reed hook, and much more. Forty-eight ...

Before everything was made by machine, we used to have people who could create things by hand. Guess what? We still do!

One shuttle, the smaller one, would hold the ivory colored yarn I have been working with. On the other shuttle, the sage green would be wrapped.

WITH GALLERY: A GIANT weaving shuttle this morning took its position as the centrepiece for Nelson's new £2.1million town centre improvements.