Fabric Giant Isopod

By Dr. M, on January 17th, 2009 8 comments   Giant Isopod, Organisms   Crafts, Giant Isopod  

I really want this so badly! Too bad I both can’t sew (except of course field wounds) and read Japanese.  Maybe Ellie can help me out.  Better yet maybe I can get several of them and combine them with a crocheted rotten fish carcass. Then Kevin, Peter, and I could have a few pints and reenact the below. Which makes me all wonder if anybody still does macromae.

8 comments to Fabric Giant Isopod

• Lilian Nattel

  January 17, 2009 at 17:45 · Reply

  cool fabric but not as colourful as the video. it shouldn’t be too hard to crochet the rotten fish though.

• ChrisM

  January 18, 2009 at 12:23 · Reply

  Craig,
  It looks like this was done for an arts and crafts type project vs. a commercially available product.
  here is the site as translated through Yahoo Babelfish:

  http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fportal.nifty.com%2F2008%2F04%2F22%2Fa%2F&lp=ja_en&btnTrUrl=Translate

  There are some words and semantics that don’t turn well..but for the most part you can make out the intent, ec.

• Eric

  January 18, 2009 at 14:25 · Reply

  Johann and I are working on Tammy for this one. She looked at it and figured a plan out in about 5 minutes. Now Johann and I will have to do dishes for the next two months…but hey…

• Aeolius

  January 20, 2009 at 18:55 · Reply

  you can always get these, instead:
  http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/main/aquatics/

• Jason R

  January 21, 2009 at 09:35 · Reply

  Also available for your crafty consideration, a plush Yeti Crab (Kiwa hirsuta).

• Annie @ Fishing

  November 4, 2009 at 05:58 · Reply

  Wow that video was amazing, and the size of both those crabs and the isopod, I actually have seen crabs that size before but not in their natural environment.

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