Yeah, the basket weaving class that I took 3 years ago, the teacher didn't sell her baskets (Pattie Bagley is her name and she is incredibly talented). I am sure that is one of the reasons why. Plus, if you actually wanted to ship it....well.....I just don't have much faith in the postal service (or UPS or FedEx) could get it there unharmed. Not at an affordable price, anyway.
I think the best way to make any decent money is to teach. And what better gift than to teach someone how to do something new and vital?
Did your mom give you any of her baskets? Does she still weave baskets?
I agree that teaching 'can' be more fruitful and is definitely way more satisfying. I take pride in being 90% self-taught myself. I prefer to dissect things and finding my own method for reproducing them. The majority do best through being taught though.
Since I scavenge for a living and free materials, I've become quite good at taking the abstract(materials I have on hand from unrelated items) and turning them into coherent useful things (any project I'd like to create. I'm more of an upcycler.
I was a child when she took the class and made some afterwards. It wasn't very long before she gave up the hobby. The only reason she learned was as a side hustle. So no to both.
I had a lot of alone time at home and at the library, so I get the self-taught approach. I was a very shy child with hands-off parents, so I had a very robust interior life. I do not mind at all being by myself. And yes, I completely understand taking things around the house and making something useful. I never had a lot of money, especially when I was raising my children as a divorced mother, but my children knew that I loved them dearly and they always were well taken care of and never bored. I think life is best when you have challenges to rise up to throughout life, and that you have some alone time to ponder the big and the small of life's mysteries.