Detour

09-15-14:

Today's project was pretty simple.  It was to get from here:

To here:

There was a detour, because I managed to lose the end of the fiber on the single.  How does one do that?  I really don't know, but I managed it.  This was the first clue things were amiss:

I thought I found the proper end, but then this happened:

That bit of red is the leader, and you shouldn't see it right off the bat.  After much fiddling and fussing, I found an end that seemed to roll freely, and prayed I hadn't grabbed the wrong bit.

09-16-14

Today, I finished plying the second bobbin full and got it wound off onto a chair back.  I tied them both off, took them off the chairs, and voila!  Twine!

Once again, I am making yarn (and I'm using the term loosely here) that is horribly overspun.  I know I'm a beginner all over again, but I am disappointed that it turned out this badly.