Giant hand-sewn giant squid is giant!

Lana sez, "I am an art major at Finlandia University (Yes, seriously, I go to FU) I was really bored a few summers ago...so what did I do to occupy my time? Why, hand-sew a 6-foot-plus giant squid, of course! He has been shown in my school's annual art show and everyone loved him. I just thought I would share the love with you."

Amazing Giant Squid by ~lanabosak

Previously:

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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awillett

Grateful awillett is grateful. For william@5′s link.
Josh

Speaking of giant squids, I made this one amongst many other smaller.
diamantiferous

Mine is bigger!

http://tinypic.com/r/2ptnpxl/6

I made a giant squid for my brother for Christmas. It’s about 15 feet long.

http://tinypic.com/r/rus50g/6

It’s name is Gustavo.

http://tinypic.com/r/5euwyv/6

My brother is 6’3″.

http://tinypic.com/r/2lmb709/6

Seriously all of my friends are sending me this link. So here it is.
Daemon

A bit bigger, and it would make the best body pillow ever.
Anonymous

Someone knit a 3 metre long version of a squid. It is righteous.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14435820@N06/4157204200/
nanuq

Lord Cthulhu will be pleased with your offering
Anonymous

Nice. But it’ll need to be bigger to handle the whale I saw at this place: http://www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org

That sucker took up a whole floor, but I think they had a a whole team working on it.
wastrel

It is super fab.
awillett

So cuddly! On a tangential note, can someone please point me to the origins of the
[ADJECTIVE] [NOUN] is [SAME ADJECTIVE] meme? The need to know, she kills me.
- william
  
  @awillett, #3: The meme comes from the Simpsons:
  
  http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/x-y-is-x-redundant-adjectives-are-redundant
Anonymous

It’s lovely. And so impressive that it was hand-sewn. Great job!
william

This makes me inordinately happy. Thanks for sharing, Lana.

When your sports teams play against English-speaking teams, do you chant “F U! F U!”?
- Anonymous
  
  Their sports teams are English-speaking, since Finlandia University is in Hancock, Michigan…
jimh

Excellent job! He seems to be smiling.
http://www.pickabar.com Anonymous

My gf went as an octopus for Halloween, but everyone thought it was a squid:

http://www.pickabar.com/blog2/2009/11/01/halloween-was-awesome/