Yours loom fine, but the best way to do it in my opinion and I've had some really great success, I role the stock in my fingers pretty tightly but not enough to break through the stock and let the fibers lose up between my fingers and then I lay it down to 90, and just to make sure I tie it gently to keep it there, everyone one ive done so far at the end of the crop they have a huge knot about the size of my thumb and it's hard and very thick. Yours are fine and you should be ok I never bend until they snap just role and crush lightly and let them lay naturally.