Feedback time

I've been away for several weeks on holiday walking the Pennine Bridleway. We started from home and extended the walk to Great Langdale in the Lakes so we could stay with our friends for a few days. It took 12 days and covered 300k. It was a real challenge, some days taking 9 hours to reach our destination but it was worth it for the wide open spaces, the beautiful views and the kick start it has given my fitness.

This didn't leave me much time for crochet as I was back packing and just didn't have the space for all the yarn I'd need. I did manage to get some knitting done and am now the proud owner of several new pairs of socks. I used the Winwick mum pattern found in the Super Socks book. It's easy to follow even if you have never made socks before. I have now made over 20 pairs and it's my go to whenever I'm travelling and I need a small project. I find a pair takes me about 20 hours to make so is ideal when travelling as not only is it small but I get lots of yarn time out of one project.

So on my return what should be waiting for me but my samples. I had been a little worried about them and so did not open them immediately. However, I was pleasantly surprised and it was not as grim as I had anticipated. Only one sample needs to be resubmitted and my square of double trebles actually got a very good.  (Happy dance starts here!) Now I need to go back through the feedback, which was very thorough, and see where I was making mistakes. Some items are not square so need me to remove a row or two and I need to check how to do quadruple trebles as this was the sample that let me down. The most pleasing comment was that Pauline described my work as of a high standard. I'm self taught and have never been very confident about the items I produce, hopefully this is the first step along the road to increasing my faith in myself, and my abilities.