Only One Of Its Kind

for me anyway. I speak of the 15-sided biscornu.


Last August I started a freebie 15 sided blackwork biscornu. This was to be my travel project, but after 9 squares the weather grew too cold and it disappeared into the drawer. I finally finished off all the blackwork and then had to tackle the actual finishing.


Excellent assembly photos here and here. However even with these instructions I had a devil of a time.

Not sure if you can tell but the part where 5 sides connect doesn't come to a point, but a hole. I just can't seem to tighten it up. And let's not get into post-stuffing joining bit. And the fuzzy white bits!


It's cute as anything, but way too much work. This is going to be my one and only 15 sided biscornu. (Which takes the Just Nan 15 sided ones out of my future. And let's not get into their even more complicated looking pretties!)

Title	Not sure. I just call it the 15 sided Blackwork Biscornu.
Designer	Stitch-Creations
Start date	August 30, 2010
Finish date	March 16, 2011
Total time	Unknown since I didn't time myself on the bus
Fabric	18 ct Black Aida
Floss	DMC Blanc

A Different Kind of Biscornu

I have a daily commute which may or may not involve waiting 30 minutes for a bus. (Winnipeg transit is not the best in the world.) What better way to kill time than by stitching?

I didn't want to deal with multiple colours and in the hunt for a monochromatic small I dug through my freebies and started Anita's 15 sided blackwork biscornu. Except I decided to stitch it on 18ct black aida with white thread.


The motifs are 14 stitches long, which makes them a little under an inch. I've never made a 15 sided biscornu before so it should be an interesting exercise.