Trans flag octopus

I made this pattern for a giveaway I was doing as part of an Instagram collaborate project. (If you're interested in this sort of thing please do follow my Instagram. The colours can be easily changed to any of the other pride flags (I have also made an asexual pride one, but the pattern is exactly the same)

Difficulty:

easy - medium

You will need:

• dk yarn in pink, light blue, black, and white
• A 2.5mm crochet hook
• Toy stuffing
• A darning needle for sewing up

For the body: With blue dk yarn make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: make 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: (sc in the first st, make 2sc in the next st) 6 times (18sc)
Fasten off neatly and change to pink
Round 3: (sc in each of the first 2sts, make 2sc in the next st (24sc)
Round 4: Sc in each st
Fasten off neatly and change to white
Rounds 5 - 6: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Fasten off neatly and change to pink
Rounds 7 - 8: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Fasten off neatly and change to blue
Rounds 9 - 10: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Round 11: Sc in the first 6sts, sc2tog 6 times, sc6 (18sc)
Round 12: Sc in the first 3sts, (sc, sc2tog) 4 times, sc3 (14sc)
Fasten off neatly and change to pink
Round 13: sc in each st
Round 14: (Sc in the first 6sts, then make 2sc in the next st) twice (16sc)
Fasten off neatly and change to white
Round 15: (sc in the first st, make 2sc in the next st) twice (24sc)
Round 16: (sc in the first 2sts, make 2sc in the next st) twice (32sc)
Fasten off neatly and change to pink
Round 17: (sc in the first 3sts, make 2sc in the next st) twice (40sc)
Round 18: (Ch15, sc in the 2nd chain st from hook, sc in each of the 13 following chain sts, then sc in each of the next 5sts of round 17) 8 times (264sts)
Fasten off neatly
Change to blue and fasten on to one of the st before one of the chains of 14 you made then crocheted down on the last round
Round 19: (slightly less than 1 round) Sc in the back loop of each of the first 13 chain sts you crocheted into on the previous round, make 2sc in the last chain st, make 2sc in the next st, sc12 down this leg section (into the sts you made on the last round when crocheting into the chain sts), sc3tog. (sc, sc3tog between the next st and the back of the following 2 chain sts, sc12 in the back of the next set of chain sts, make 2sc in the back loop of the last chain st, make 2sc in the next st, sc12, sc3tog) 7 times, sc (256sc (although it doesn't particularly matter if you're a little bit off))
Round 20: Sc3tog, sc13, make 2sc in each of the next 3sts, sc11, sc3tog, (sc3tog, sc11, make 2sc in each of the next 3sts, sc11, sc3tog) 7 times
Fasten off

For the underside:
Make a magic loop with 8sc
Round 1: make 2sc in each st (16sc)
Round 2: (sc in the first st, make 2sc in the next st) 8 times (24sc)
Round 3: (sc in each of the first 2sts, make 2sc in the next st) 8 times (32sc)
Round 4: (sc in each of the first 3sts, make 2sc in the next st) 8 times (40sc)
Round 5: (Ch15, sc14 back down these chain sts (like you did for round 18 of the body), sc5) 7 times, ch15, sc14 back down these chain sts, sc3  (264sts)
Round 5: (Sc3tog, sc11, 2sc, sc13, sc3tog, sc) 8 times, sc
Fasten off

Stuff the main body section and then sew this to the underside of it, making sure then legs of each section match up.



I hope you have enjoyed this pattern. If you have any questions about this or any of my other patterns, please feel free to contact me, either by leaving a comment below, or via my Ravelry or Instagram pages, and I will get back to you as soon as I can. 
You are very welcome to sell finished products, but I do ask that you don't re-post this pattern or claim it as your own. Thank you!