Well this weekend I started, finished and even did the finishing on my cthulhu biscornu. The design is from Periphaeria Designs and is actually called Ia!Ia! and is a tribute to H.P. Lovecraft.

The perfect “eye” for the center is still eluding me. Significant searching through buttons and beads at the stitches and craft show on the weekend yielded nothing so I am going to be forced to try the toy eyes at spotlight. I wanted something more realistic with a stylised iris etc but I don’t think I will be finding what I am after any time soon. The finishing went well adn was surprisingly easy, it needs more stuffing though I think. I didn’t want to over stuff but think I went too far the other way.

It is stitched on an unknown hand-dyed (probably evenweave but i could be wrong)from a countrystitch grab bag. I woudl say it is probably 28ct though and stitching over 2 was odd. The thread is a Vikki Clayton silk and I am quite sure it was Dragon Scales but I have misplaced the tag and can’t be sure. It is a lovely ever so slightly varigated deep blueish green though.
It was loads of fun to stitch has only increased my recent obsession with biscornus so I suspect there will be quite a few more in my future