I learned quite a lot doing this one - wrapping thread, using a single strand couched to gradate the design, spacing, and getting shadings (ie, or nue). The original had a glass eye, I just gave it a wrapped eye, which is not quite as effective as the original. In all of my embroideries, I try and use what materials I have on hand (for example, the silk was brought back from the UK by Fiona, and I wanted to use it on a project. The jap gold was a gift from Elspeth) as I tend to acquire interesting threads from various sources.
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