I have recently began tying. Right now, due to surgery, I am out of work for a couple of weeks and I am hitting the tying bench hard. There are a few things I am having trouble with.

One is keeping my hair from spinning around the hook as I wrap my thread. I tried making two loose loops first, but its not working for me.

Second, my dubbing does not want to stay tight to my thread. After, or while i am tying, it comes loose and makes my bodies look sloppy.

Third, is there a good rule to use when measuring how much hair I use for comparadun or haystack wings? I seem to either use too much or too little. I can't find a happy medium.

Thanks!