When you take the half sheet of your Skinner-blend to progressively roll it into a longer sheet, you may find that it is wider that you want - or wider than your pasta machine (PM) can handle. You can fix this by cutting the sheet in half again - in the tutorial example you would cut from light green side to dark green side.
Stack the two strips, light green to light green and dark green to dark green. Feed the stack through the PM short side (solid color side) first on the thickest setting.
Continue lengthening the strip per the tutorial.

Use a Pumice stone to create pore like appearance, especially when you make focal beads with polymer clay!

When you are making Polymer clay jewelry, dip the head pin in liquid clay before inserting into the bead or focal piece. Baking will make it strong and will not fall off.