Retightening course accomplished

The Class

Eager as ever I am the first one there where I look over the schedule and begin helping myself to some nibbles. There are four ladies in total, one who is a month ahead of me and two who have had their locks for a couple of years. The course begins, the packs of Sisterlocks goodies are open and before I know it I am taking notes on that all important pattern. All the ladies in the class are a 3 pattern, where I thought I would be a reverse four for some reason from looking at other peoples blogs lol.

Practice makes perfect and we all start using the Clip Tool. On a few occasions I manage to stitch locks together and hurt my thumb on the clip lever. After all my hard efforts I manage to retighten around 6 locks before I am a bit frustrated with not getting it right – a mutual feeling of the group. My consultant reassures us that all it takes is practice and gives us a helping hand answering questions before we break for lunch. Oh what a nice lunch it was – tasty salmon with new potatoes and salad with a drizzle of lemon – yummy. So the fish goes to my head and I think slightly clearly, concentrating in silence whilst retightening. I have a train to catch so leave earlier then the official end time. I think I get it and will practice more on the coach. My consultant quickly begins to give a demo of the Hook tool which is supposed to be useful for the very shorter locks – I haven’t really got the whole idea of it but am happy to know one tool. After saying our Goodbyes, it feels like I am a child again going out in the big bad world. Hahaha maybe that is melodramatic but I said I will return for check-ups in the summer.

The coach

I spend the 4 and a half hour journey trying my luck with the clip tool. I have abandoned the hook tool as I don’t really know how to use it.

Over the course of the journey I get a few looks from the fellow passengers but plod on. I lose a lock from the clip getting tangled whilst pulling it through the lock and me being a bit rough whilst pulling it out. Even the girl I was sitting next to heard my poor lock snap off and saw my look of horror. I see it drop to the floor, pick it up to see the damage – yes it is a whole lock a few rows back from the front of my head on the left hand side. I cannot feel the missing lock and worry at how it will look whilst calling my consultant for advice. After reassurance from my consultant – I begin tentatively retightening the rest. Luckily the front left section that I have to retighten is not that much and I finish the rest off the next day.