This week I finished my most challenging custom order to date.

When I initially accepted the commission, I knew this pair would be a lot of work but my enthusiasm for making new things overcame any concern I had initially about my ability to complete them.

But as time drew closer to having to start them, I started to stress out - about the type of yarn I was going to be using (not my usual type), the amount of detail that was involved (I'd completely underestimated the detailing involved in the dress), whether I'd be able to get the right colours (there's a worldwide shortage of yarn apparently), whether I'd be able to capture their shapes and size in proportion to each other (no patterns available so completely free handed) and ultimately, whether the client would be happy with them. 

I've never had so much pressure on me to get it right - mind you , it wasn't so much pressure from the client, rather, just pressure I put on myself.

Thank goodness for happy endings because I finished them (albeit a day late and with a few false starts), the client is happy and I feel like I've scaled my very own Mt Everest crochet-wise and lived to tell the tale.

Normally, when I finish custom orders, I review how much I initially quoted and then compare with what it actually cost once completed. I then use the actual cost to determine the price when I list them as a new product.

However, this time, I don't know that I'd want to replicate them again for any cost! Lol. 

What's your 'lived to tell the tale' story?