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garment dyeblack
BLOC black colorway
40wt polyester thread#000000

Block Octopus

Drawn and digitized in-house, stitched on our production floor. Order it namedropped for your town — the artwork stays, the lettering becomes yours.

7 colourways — snip to re-dye
care & content · BLOC
Stitch count14,837 stitches
Thread sequence2 colour changes on black
Gunold threadsRed 1043 · White 1011
Thread40wt polyester
Placementfull front
Garmentstee · crew · hoodie
Namedropincluded, no art charge
machine wash cold · reorder warm
Request with your town

The town on the artwork is a sample from another shop. Ask for this design and we redraw it with your name.

questions · BLOC

What buyers ask about Block Octopus

How much embroidery is BLOC?

14,837 stitches with 2 thread changes, about 20 minutes of machine time per piece at our planning speed of 750 stitches per minute. The recipe runs Red 1043, White 1011 in Gunold 40wt polyester. Compare it with other designs on the stitch-time calculator.

Which garment colours does BLOC come in?

7 colourways on file: black, carolina, celadon, harbour, hot pink, maroon heather and slate. Each one is a thread recipe matched to that dye, so the artwork reads the same on a dark or a light garment. Pick a swatch above to preview it, or see every dye on the colour card.

Can we have BLOC with our own town on it?

Yes. The artwork on this page carries a sample town from another shop. Every order of Block Octopus is redrawn with your town or attraction name at no art charge. Add it to your order sheet above, or write to the studio with the name you want and we quote it.

Which garments carry BLOC?

Full front on tees, crewnecks and hoodies. Across everything we ship, tees are 73 percent of units and crewneck fleece 13 percent, so most shops start with a tee and add fleece for the shoulder season. The full breakdown is on the numbers page.