Ahh... I'm starting to get it!

There are some things that you really should have a little guidance with before you try... one thing is a niddy noddy... cause if you do it wrong this is what your first yarn comes out looking like (kind of cake-like, isn't it?):
















But then you start to get the hang of things:
first, there is the fiber:













Then, after a while you get two bobbins that look like this (oh, so THAT'S what a Lazy Kate is for!):




















Oo-la-la - hey, if you watch a video online, you see just how to use that niddy noddy (duh!):














And finally, guess what - I have a skein!!!