I don't know if this is related or a completely separate problem but I assumed I was going too fast, so I tried to go slow on another part of the project. It's a smaller area so I was going to try to meander tighter. When I did that my sewing machine was skipping stitches or something. The top thread would completely miss the bobbin thread and then pick it up again. I did rip that out right away and took a picture and came straight here!
misskira - This has a NAME? Appropriate... it looks like eye lashes. It makes me feel better that this happens often enough to have a name. haha.
andir - This is the underneath. I'll try to rethread. My tension is set at "auto" right now. When I turn the dial it goes to + 1, +2, +3 and the other direction is - 1 -2 -3. What's the difference? And when I pull on the bobbin thread it's nice and smooth. Rethreading now then going to dinner. I'll check back tonight!