I’ve added some real shells and bits of shell on the right-hand side since I last posted about this piece. They catch the light and echo the thread colours, and I’ve put in a few more knots too.

There’s a “slice” of limpet shell under the Yorkshire button sea urchin, and wafts of feather stitch in a lighter, thinner crochet thread.

The more I look, the more little gaps I keep seeing that need a bit more stitching! So there are some fly stitches tucked in behind the sea urchin……

…….. and on the left of the real shells.

I think it’s done! Quick, take it off the frame before I see another gap and overwork it! I’ve really enjoyed working on this piece with its variety of stitches, threads and subtle colours, giving it lots of interesting textures. I couldn’t find a suitable piece of drift wood to suspend it from, but I think this piece of very dry branch works. I now need to decide how and with what to back it, maybe a piece of handmade felt, but it always seems a shame to hide that.