I wish you luck.  I have wanted to look into it ,but I am afraid I will not have any control. I recently pick up one of those needle felt kits and I can see that going crazy.  I can wait to hear how it goes, I might just do it anyway.

Yeah, that's something I've been very tempted by - and afraid of - as well...  There's even a spinners' weekly get together where I live.  Must...  resist...

Sorry to hear you're off to a slow start JJR_

I'm sure you'll get the hang of it... and become a true addict...   

oh dear.  I believe I have been seduced.  I was reading through the Knitty archives yesterday and stumbled across the handspun silk.  Now I'm seriously considering raising silkworms sometime in the future! Oh dear.  I must regain control.

shewolfy, have you been spinning long?  I am learning on a drop spindle, but am very frustrated with the way it is going and the breakage I had.  I think that I am putting too much twist in the leader and pulling too hard on it while trying to get it spun.  There is a LYS that does a lot of spinning stuff, and one of my knitting circle girls keeps telling me to go and get help from them...they are just a little far for me though to just drop in and ask for help.  Hmmm...we will see though!  I would love the learn to spin on a wheel.

I've been spinning for 15 years.  Just recently I've begun to sell my handspun on Etsy and some shows.  What almost made me give up in the beginning was the development of timing.  I had to take a 2 hour course far away from home and everything   was downhill after that.  Sometimes it just takes someone to guide you a little.  I now spin Merino, Cormo, Alpaca, Llama, mohair, angora.  The better you get, the finer your resulting yarn will be. If you don't like it super fine (lace weight), you can always ply it.
Raw fleece is not hard to find now, either.  By you washing it, a lot of lanolin stays in the yarn.  That's always nice if you have dry hands, etc.  Persevere - you won't be dissapointed