I wanted to do Cthulhu after the little H.P. Lovecraft stint I had last year. In fact (only 16% off the subject) since reading Lovecraft, I'm surprised by how many Cthulhu references I stumble across... mainly the "Cthulhu for President" stuff that was around during the election. Now this.
Anyway, now the tentacle-faced ultimate evil is embodied in yarn. Awww!
Cthulhu was pretty basic until you get to his face. He has little stubby arms and wings (which you can't see in the photo) and all of this was easy. As you work his head though, the pattern creates three gaps in the stitching where you are to go back and create his characteristic tentacles. The crazy thing was, the instructions for the tentacles were something like, "Join in the gaps. Row 1: sc 5 stitches. Row 2: sc 5 stitches, tie off." What the heck does that even mean??? Sc WHERE?!? There's a flippin' gap and I join it... somewhere...?? What the...
Thus, my internet search began.
Incidentally, when I was reading reviews about Creepy Cute a few months ago, this was the #1 complaint... that the Cthulhu instructions were a tad vague. I felt confident I could figure it out but really, there's not enough info to even guess with.
Finally, I stumbled across this and the day was saved. I can't help but wonder, why wasn't this very basic information in the book??
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