I have recently been learning to spin hair, and had been pretty disappointed with my results. Namely my attempts to fashion a deer hair popper bug for a swap here at FAOL. My desk is literally littered with "rejects". I finally broke down and called Chris Helm, on the advice of members here. This guy truly is into hair. I made a small order from him and got enough advice over the phone to cover the cost of materials, IMO. He also volunteered a "practice" piece of hair to exercise some of his techniques with. so I wouldn't waste the "good stuff". Combined with his insistence that I call him if I had any questions or problems. I was really impressed. The folks here who have dealt with him are well aware of this I'm sure, but if you are just learning spinning and stacking, save yourself some time and stress, and give this gentleman a call.