Plarchie the Squid
Plarchie is my giant handknitted squid. He follows me where ever I go. Likes: • Eating people (he thinks of them hungrily as “puny human sushi”) • Steampunk • Threatening other non-human Twitter users
Dislikes: • Calamari recipes • House music • People who prevent him from eating them by running away screaming (so tiresome)
Made from: 160 knitted Sainsbury’s carrier bags Time taken to make: Approx 80 hours (1 series of Dexter, 1 series of 24, two series of Six Feet Under) Latin name: Squidius Knittius Giganticaus Plasticus For some reason Plarchie has quite a following, and has had several marriage proposals… |
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Plarchie has had many adventures. I ventured close enough to take some photos…
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