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Throw-back Thursday, WOW!

A few years back, I had a curious pm on my Facebook page.  
Did I live in Plentywood, MT in the 70s? 
Did I teach 1st grade?  I think you were my teacher.  

How Did I Come to be a Spinner - 1981 Part 3

Clearly I was a seamstress and a weaver, but spinning did not intrigue me in the least.  What I didn’t understand was my husband's point of view.  He knew 

1) nothing would keep me from attending this group.

How Did I Come to be a Spinner - 1981 Part 2

 After my husband Rich had finished his seminary degree, we moved to his first ELCA Lutheran parish in Brandon, South Dakota, 1973. 

I took a rigid heddle weaving class in nearby Sioux Falls. 
As an accomplished seamtress, weaving was nothing short of amazing!  That I could create cloth, unbelievable!  This colorful little mat was my first night’s weaving, I was only to do an inch, instead I couldn't stop and had to re-warp the loom before next week's class.  

How Did I Come to be a Spinner - 1981 Part 1

 As many spinners students have heard me mention, it was not my plan.  I just loved textiles, I've always loved the fabric store, and just the feel of any finished garment.  

Born in North Carolina, in a southern family, my given name is Patsy Sue Goodman. It was always assumed I would know how to sew and would be a mom. I learned to sew early, made my father a button up shirt in fourth grade on the treadle sewing machine he had electrified.  

Understanding S & Z Twist

 

Having the initials P S Z, I offer this hint to my students. Think of how your hand moves when you BEGIN to print a big letter Z, your hand moves to the right in the same direction we read, and the same as the hands on an old-fashioned clock.