We love our mascot Octo so much that we wanted you to be able to make your own!
Kat Dodd and MaryBrigid Turner led a successful workshop on the Saturday of Octocon 2021, showing how to use Kat’s very forgiving crochet pattern – they describe it as being like the pirate code, guidelines not rules. And if your Octo ends up with too many legs, why then it’s just a cute eldritch horror!
We’re delighted to share the pattern (as a PDF) for anyone who wants to try and make their own Octo!
If you share your Octos on social media, please hashtag them #Octocon so we can find them!
![A large red crocheted octopus and a smaller pink one](https://2021.octocon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/10/MaryBrigid-Turner-crop-254x300.jpg)
![A small yellow crocheted octopus next to a UK penny piece for scale](https://2021.octocon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/10/Fiona-Moore-1-300x300.jpg)