Meet one of the most adorable farm animals you’ll ever crochet 🐮💚
This charming cow amigurumi features a sweet face, tiny horns, floppy ears, and a cozy sweater that makes it impossible to resist. With its soft colors and lovable expression, this handmade friend is perfect for gifting, decorating a nursery, or adding to your amigurumi collection.
Whether you’re a fan of farm animal crochet patterns or simply looking for your next cute project, this free amigurumi pattern will guide you step by step to create a truly unforgettable crochet cow. ✨
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Materials
- YarnArt Jeans:
- Brown
- Green
- Dark Green
- White
- Beige
- Dark Brown
- 2 mm crochet hook
- Fiberfill
- 9 mm safety eyes
- Stitch marker
- Sewing needle
- Pins
- Scissors
Finished size: approximately 25 cm.
Abbreviations
- MR – Magic Ring
- CH – Chain
- SC – Single Crochet
- SL ST – Slip Stitch
- INC – Increase
- DEC – Decrease
- HDC – Half Double Crochet
- DC – Double Crochet
- BLO – Back Loop Only
- FLO – Front Loop Only
Amigurumi Cow – Head
With brown yarn:
1: Ch 9, starting in 2nd ch from hook: inc, 6 sc, 4 sc in last ch, work on opposite side: 6 sc, inc (20)
2: 2 inc, 6 sc, 4 inc, 6 sc, 2 inc (28)
3: (sc, inc) × 2, 6 sc, (sc, inc) × 4, 6 sc, (sc, inc) × 2 (36)
4: (2 sc, inc) × 2, 6 sc, (2 sc, inc) × 4, 6 sc, (2 sc, inc) × 2 (44)
5: (3 sc, inc) × 2, 6 sc, (3 sc, inc) × 4, 6 sc, (3 sc, inc) × 2 (52)
6-7: 52 sc (52)
8: 3 sc, dec, 14 sc, (dec, 5 sc) × 4, dec, 3 sc (46)
Change to beige yarn.
9: 8 sc, FLO: 8 inc, 30 sc (54)
10: 10 sc, (sc, inc) × 6, 32 sc (60)
11: (9 sc, inc) × 6 (66)
12-23: 66 sc (66)
24: (9 sc, dec) × 6 (60)
25: 4 sc, dec, (8 sc, dec) × 5, 4 sc (54)
26: (7 sc, dec) × 6 (48)
27: 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) × 5, 3 sc (42)
28: (5 sc, dec) × 6 (36)
29: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) × 5, 2 sc (30)
30: (3 sc, dec) × 6 (24)
Stuff firmly.
Insert eyes between rounds 9–10 with 11 stitches between them.
31: (2 sc, dec) × 6 (18)
32: (sc, dec) × 6 (12)
33: 6 dec (6)
Fasten off, close opening and hide yarn.
Horns (Make 2) – Amigurumi Cow
With dark brown yarn:
1: 6 SC in MR (6)
2: (SC, INC) × 3 (9)
3: (2 SC, INC) × 3 (12)
4: 12 SC (12)
5: (3 SC, INC) × 3 (15)
6: 15 SC (15)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Legs and Body – Amigurumi Cow
With dark brown yarn:
First Leg
1: 7 SC in MR (7)
2: 7 INC (14)
3: (INC, SC) × 7 (21)
4: (INC, 2 SC) × 7 (28)
5-6: 28 SC (28)
7: 9 SC, DEC, 6 SC, DEC, 9 SC (26)
8: 8 SC, DEC, 6 SC, DEC, 8 SC (24)
9: DEC, 6 SC, DEC, 4 SC, DEC, 6 SC, DEC (20)
10: 7 SC, 3 DEC, 7 SC (17)
11: 17 SC (17)
Change to beige yarn.
Bring the dark brown yarn to the front side and cut it, leaving approximately 50 cm.
12: BLO: 17 SC (17)
13: 16 SC, INC (18)
14: 18 SC (18)
15: (5 SC, INC) × 3 (21)
16-17: 21 SC (21)
18: (6 SC, INC) × 3 (24)
Fasten off.
Place a marker in the 6th stitch of the first leg.
Second Leg
Work the same way.
Do not cut the yarn.
Using the remaining dark brown yarn tail, crochet 17 SL ST through the FLO of round 11.
Fasten off.
Join Legs
19: 17 SC on second leg, CH 3, SC into marked stitch of first leg, 23 SC, 3 SC across chain, 7 SC on second leg (54)
20: 4 SC, INC, (8 SC, INC) × 5, 4 SC (60)
21-25: 60 SC (60)
26: 4 SC, DEC, (8 SC, DEC) × 5, 4 SC (54)
Change to green yarn.
27: 54 HDC (54)
28: BLO: 54 SC (54)
29: 54 SC (54)
Change to dark green yarn.
30: 54 SC (54)
Change to green yarn.
31: 54 SC (54)
Change to white yarn.
32: 54 SC (54)
33-34: (4 SC in white, 2 SC in dark green) × 9 (54)
Change to white yarn.
35: 54 SC (54)
Change to green yarn.
36: 54 SC (54)
Change to dark green yarn.
37: 8 SC, DEC, (16 SC, DEC) × 2, 8 SC (51)
Change to green yarn.
38: 51 SC (51)
39: (4 SC in green, 1 SC in white) × 10, 1 SC in green (51)
40: 51 SC in green (51)
Change to dark green yarn.
41: 51 SC (51)
Change to green yarn.
42: (15 SC, DEC) × 3 (48)
Change to white yarn.
43: 48 SC (48)
44-45: (4 SC in white, 2 SC in dark green) × 8 (48)
Change to white yarn.
46: 3 SC, DEC, (6 SC, DEC) × 5, 3 SC (42)
Change to green yarn.
47: 42 SC (42)
Change to dark green yarn.
48: (5 SC, DEC) × 6 (36)
Change to green yarn.
49: 2 SC, DEC, (4 SC, DEC) × 5, 2 SC (30)
Change to beige yarn.
50: BLO: 30 SC (30)
51-52: 30 SC (30)
Fasten off and leave a long tail.
Collar
Attach dark green yarn to the FLO of round 49.
1-2: 30 SC (30)
3: (4 SC, INC) × 6 (36)
4: (5 SC, INC) × 6 (42)
Change to white yarn.
5: 3 SC, INC, (6 SC, INC) × 5, 3 SC (48)
Change to green yarn.
6: (7 SC, INC) × 6 (54)
Change to dark green yarn.
7: 54 SC (54)
Fasten off.
Amigurumi Cow – Arms (Make 2)
With beige yarn:
1: 7 SC in MR (7)
2: 7 INC (14)
3-5: 14 SC (14)
Change to green yarn.
6: 14 HDC (14)
7: BLO: 14 SC (14)
8: 14 SC (14)
Change to dark green yarn.
9: 14 SC (14)
Change to green yarn.
10: 14 SC (14)
Change to white yarn.
11: 14 SC (14)
Change to green yarn.
12: 14 SC (14)
Change to dark green yarn.
13: 14 SC (14)
Change to green yarn.
14-23: 14 SC (14)
Stuff lightly.
24: Fold flat and crochet through both sides: 7 SC (7)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Ears (Make 2)
With brown yarn:
1: 6 SC in MR (6)
2: 6 INC (12)
3: (3 SC, INC) × 3 (15)
4: (4 SC, INC) × 3 (18)
5-8: 18 SC (18)
9: (DEC, 7 SC) × 2 (16)
10: Fold in half and crochet through both sides: 8 SC (8)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Assembly
Arms
Sew the arms to round 50 of the body.
Head
Pin and sew the body to the head between rounds 10–21.
Ears
Fold the ears slightly and sew them to the top of the head between rounds 20–22.
Leave 20 stitches between the ears.
Horns
Sew the horns next to the ears.
Leave 8 stitches between the horns.
Nose
Using dark brown yarn, embroider the nostrils between rounds 2–3 of the muzzle.
Leave 6 stitches between the nostrils.
Cheeks
Using pink yarn, embroider the cheeks.
Eyes
Using white yarn, embroider the whites of the eyes.
Important Color Pattern Note
The sweater design is created by changing colors exactly as shown in the color chart on page 6. The dark green and white decorative stitches form the cow-print style pattern on the sweater.
Final Size
Approximately 25 cm (9.8 inches) tall.