Stitch a Squid at the Natural History Museum: in pictures

Stitch London hit the main hall of London’s Natural History Museum on 27 August in an attempt to bring a shoal of stitched squid to life.

Amongst the dinosaur bones, stuffed beasts and birds, and fine fossils the stitched squid storm raged.

We witnessed the safe capture of the Stitched Sealife Six.

A sorry Stitched Squid and apologetic Osedax

The contrite Coelacanth

The sealed in Slender Snipe Eel

The very shamefaced Viper Fish

The attritional Oarfish

We were awed by the presence of the Godfather of Stitched Sealife: the Giant Stitched Squid (squidius knittius giganticus plasticus) who was brought to life by Deadly Knitshade from 160 knitted plastic carrier bags.

He'll make you an ten tentacled offer you can't refuse

Squidius Knittius Giganticus Plasticus

There were a whole lot of you squid stitchers too. Squid wrestling was rife but fortunately no serious injuries were had.

Squid stitchers lurk behind the beast

Stitch a Squid queue. It was madness!

Finger-fighting squid instruction

Ladies, start your squid stitching

Knitting a squid-catching net

Proud squid stitcher

Making squid friends large and small

A squid challenger

A fearless giant squid wrestler

Giant Squid vs Dinosaur. Who will win?!?!

Huge tentacled hugs to all 23 of our Stitch Sages who helped pass on the stitched squid skills, Laura Babb who took some some cracking photos you can see here, and the Natural History Museum for allowing us to wreck stitched sealife chaos in their lovely museum.

If you want to knit a tiny Finger-fighting Stitched Squid of your own you can buy the pattern here. Be warned. If you challenge one to a wrestle broken fingers have been known to happen.

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