I, too, am "practicing". I'm doing some "fun and done" squares. (wonky, crap oops scrap) ones. My look a lot like yours, except my threads are doing fine.. I finally did a few circles last nite and a FEW were okay, but the rest sucked. This is going to be for myself, so, I'm just going to keep plugging along. Maybe they will be fine by the time I finish. I watched the link about Sharon's "halo",. I can't even imagine being able to do anything but "meander". LOL. Keep on plugging along......