For Stephanie

Hi Stephanie ,
Here are a couple of youtube links for spinning that I found. You are always welcome to bring your spinning wheel around to my home if you can't get the tension thing right.
ashford tradional spinning wheel how to
how to adjust your brake band for single drive wheels
These links will help you to get started spinning and making sure your wheel will work well for you, also it will lead to many many more video's on spinning.
Here is my spinning on my ashford traveller which is a single drive wheel.

Below is the tension knob

 and here is the brake band with the spring going from the tension knob through the eye over the wheel and around to the other eye. I don't have it with much tension at all.

Above is merino wool being spun and below photo is of alpaca fibre.

My alpaca fibre that I am spinning on my ashford traditional double drive wheel. Mine can also work as a single drive as well.