I have a random collection of links to cross stitch websites that I sometimes look through when I’m looking for things to share with you. I’ve been hitting them up more often lately because I’m trying to share more free cross stitch patterns, and just awesome things that you might not find on Etsy (much as we love Etsy!).
It was during one of those wanders that I found this spectacular Cthulhu Awakens cross stitch pattern from The World in Stitches.
In case you’re not up on the lore, Cthulhu is a powerful and ancient cosmic entity invented by H.P. Lovecraft and first introduced in the short story “The Call of Cthulhu” in 1928. He’s described as a monster with a sort of human like shape but an octopus-like head, a scaly body with claws and wings. He’s described as kind of a octopus, dragon, human like form, but also very tall.
The octopus-like face is the feature most depictions of Cthulhu focus on, and so it is here, too, though that’s his full body in the thrones on the sides.
There’s a lot going on here, from tentacles rising from the depths (he hibernates in an underwater city) to skulls and pentagrams and maybe a worshiper at the bottom with holy books and candles. The cross stitch design is adapted from original art by Brandon Wilhelm.
This would be a great project to stitch for an H.P. Lovecraft fan or anyone into D&D games that use the Cthulhu mythos.
The pattern is 105 by 151 stitches, which comes out to 7.5 by 10.8 inches, or 19.5 by 27.4 cm on 14 count fabric (the pattern gives sizing for other counts if you want to make it smaller). It uses 10 colors.
If this is something you’d love to have in your game room or to make as a gift for your favorite geek, you can grab the free chart from The World in Stitches.
[Photo: The World in Stitches]
