Life is never easy is it?

Why can't life be easy? Or at least, why can't some of our problems be easy to solve?

I am working on starting spinning classes and am hoping to be ready by mid-August or early September. One would think it easy enough to just start but it doesn't seem to be working that way.... :-/

My Ashford Traditional, while a good wheel, isn't very beginner friendly so I tried calling Woodland Woolworks to see how much they would offer for it. They do wheel trades, and I was really hoping that I would be able to trade it in for a better wheel. Alas, they only offered $175 for my wheel and the one I am wanting is $495. Ouch.

So I am kind of between a rock and a hard place. I wouldn't feel ready to teach without a wheel, as some students may graduate from the drop spindle faster than others. But I can't afford a new wheel until I earn money from spinning lessons!! I'm making myself dizzy.

I think what I may try and do, is take my wheel to a professional spinning wheel repair man and see if there is anthing he could do to make my wheel run easier, and then I would just have to teach with my Ashford until I can afford a better one. But we'll see if that works....

The other biggie is trying to figure out how to do the lessons. Mom and I agreed that $5 a lesson would be a good price (Sarah, You get your lessons free since you asked for some waaay before I ever thought about teaching) but the rest has been a bit more ticklish. Mom wants me to teach my students in a group, all at the same time. But I would prefer to do private lessons. I had my first lessons in group style and I didn't like it. The teacher was always elsewhere and you had to just hope that you were doing everything correctly, because it would take to much time if she helped everyone individually. I can see how it would be better this way though; my weeks would be free-er and we could meet somewhere for the group get together, like our church.

But with private lessons, I could be sure that my student understands what he/she is doing and why he/she is doing it that way. It would be one on one so they would be getting more for their money and they would progress faster. On the flip side, it could very easily make my weeks suddenly become busy and hectic and my students would probably have to come out here.

So why am I telling you poor readers all this?

I dunno'.

There has been a lot of prayer throughout this ordeal, making sure that this is the Lord's Will and not just my own selfish wants. I have a lot of people who want me to teach them, I just need to figure out those little, but important, details....

Your prayers and advice would be greatly appreciated! Right now I am really just needing wisdom on what my next step should be....


~Caitlyn