Lyndall "Granny" Toothman textile

Display of lyndall toothman weaving skillGranny was born in a log cabin in Greenbrier County, West Virginia on May 1, 1910. She grow up in a poor home and she did not  learn to spin. She did not start spining till Teddy Roosevelt made the WPA program. Which is a program that take poor moutain peaple and teach them forgotten skills. Granny been spinning, weaving, and teaching people how to weave since than. Granny challenge herself and stated weaving strange matiral. The image show a display case she made with the picture of what animal the matiral came from. She became so good that people challenge her to wear things. For example one day during a demotration a man came up and challenge her to spin his beard and she did.