Spinning to achieve balance

With my layoff at a difficult time of year to get new employment, I have been trying to achieve balance.  I got my spinning wheel just before Christmas and I've been practicing with some inexpensive wool that I  purchased for a felting process. It's been going fairly well.

But I went to do the two ply process by reverse spinning two threads together and the spinning wheel would not cooperate. I  got creative and figured out a way to finish the two ply process until I could get the spinning wheel fixed.

I wound the 2 ply yarn around a yogurt container for safe keeping. Progress!