S is for...

Spinning class Sucked. Oops! We're not up to the letter S yet? My bad. Cheryl and I went to the intermediate spinning workshop at The Fiber Loft on Sunday and it was awful and pointless. To give you and idea of what we're talking about, we were taught the long draw by way of the instructor doing the long draw and saying "See, here's how you do it!" We were also taught to spin from the fold in the same manner: "OK, fold it over, and there! I'm spinning from the fold, now you do it!" While she seemed to be a very experienced spinner, she was just not into teaching, leaving class members struggling while ignoring them completely as she chatted on and on. I don't think she gave hands on help to a single person there - Cheryl was off her seat more times to help a fellow student with her Traveller than the instructor was.

However, it was worth it in that I got to meet Cheryl, who is very good company. She picked me up on her way down from NH, and and I really enjoyed getting to know her. It was fun to have someone to talk to about fiber and spinning and life in general. I think we learned more about spinning from sharing our own personal experiences on the drive than than from our instructor.
Thank you Cheryl for the very good company.