Materials

• Size 4 worsted weight yarn (50g of white yarn, small amounts of brown or black, pink for the nose, and beige for the horns) 
• 3.5 mm crochet hook (these are my favorites!)
• 9mm safety eyes 
• Black crochet/embroidery thread for eyelashes (optional) 
• Scissors and tapestry needle
• Stuffing
• Stitch markers (a piece of scrap yarn works great!)

Abbreviations: US terminology
MC- Magic circle
SC- Single crochet
SC INC- Single crochet increase
INV DEC- Invisible decrease
DC- Double crochet
St(s)- Stitch(es)

*Slowly stuff as you go, you want it to be firm but not stretched. You will be working in the round, I like using a stitch marker at the beginning of each round. The legs, body and head are made as one piece. 
Nose/Mouth-

This piece is worked crocheting on both sides of the foundation chain to create an oval shape, you will want to keep your chain fairly tight to help avoid the look of ‘holes’, we will also be working in the round

Ch 5

Round 1: SC in the 2nd chain from hook, SC in the next 2 chains, 3SC in the last chain; working down the other side of the foundation chain (see picture for reference), SC in the next 2 chains, complete 2SC in the last chain (which is also the first chain we started with) (10 SC)

Rounds 2-3: SC around (10 SC)

Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing

Legs –

Make 2 – Using black or brown

Round 1: Create a magic circle with 6 SC

Round 2: SC INC in each st (12 SC)

Round 3: SC in the back loops only (12 SC)

Rounds 4-5: SC around (12 SC) Change to white

Rounds 6-12: SC around (12 SC)

Fasten off (when you finish the 2nd leg do not fasten off, proceed to round 13)

*Round 13 joins the legs together and starts the body, we will not be making a chain to connect the legs.

Round 13: Attach to the first leg with a SC (I like to make sure both color changes are facing the same way, I make this the back of the mini cow). SC around the first leg and then the second leg (24 SC) This completes your join and is where your next round will start, from here we will work the body.

Rounds 14-20 SC around (24 SC)

Round 21: SC in the first 2 sts, INV DEC in the next, repeat around (18 SC)

Round 22: SC around (18 SC)

Round 23: SC in the first stitch, INV DEC in the next, repeat around (12 SC)

Round 24: SC around (12 SC)

*Here is where we will start the head*

Round 25: SC in the first st, SC INC in the next, repeat around (18 SC)

Round 26: SC in the first 2 sts, SC INC in the next, repeat around (24 SC)

Round 27: SC in the first 3 sts, SC INC in the next, repeat around (30 SC)

Round 28: SC in the first 4 sts, SC INC in the next, repeat around (36 SC)

Rounds 29-33: SC around (36 SC)

NOTE: Here is where we will attach the facial features. Place the safety eyes 4 stitches apart between rounds 31-32. (For the girl version, I recommend sewing on the eyelashes before securing your safety eyes). Sew the nose piece centered between the eyes.

Round 34: SC in the first 4 sts, INV DEC in the next, repeat around (30 SC)

Round 35: SC in the first 3 sts, INV DEC in the next, repeat around (24 SC)

*Continue to stuff the head and neck firmly

Round 36: SC in the first 2 sts, INV DEC in the next, repeat around (18 SC)

Round 37: SC in the first stitch, INV DEC in the next, repeat around (12 SC)

Round 38: INV DEC around (6 SC)

Fasten off and sew remaining part closed, weave in your end

Ears

Make 2

With black or brown

Round 1: Create a magic circle with 7 SC

Rounds 2-3: SC around (7 SC)

Round 4: SC INC in each stitch around (14 SC)

Rounds 5-7: SC around (14 SC)

Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing, fold ear in half and sew across to close the ear as pictured. 

Horns
Make 2

With beige

Round 1: Create a magic circle with 8 SC

Rounds 2-5: SC around (8 SC)

Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing

Arms

Make 2 stuffing lightly at the bottom

With black or brown

Round 1: Create a magic circle with 6 SC

Round 2: SC in the first st, SC INC in the next, repeat around (9 SC)

Round 3: SC in the back loops only (9 SC)

Round 4: SC around (9 SC) Change to white

Rounds 5-11: SC around (9 SC)

At the end of round 11 pinch the arm flat and make 4 SC across the top to close, fasten off and leave a long tail to sew onto the body.

Spots

Make 3

Round 1: Create a magic circle with 6 SC, join with a slip stitch to the first SC, ch 1

Round 2: *2 DC in the same stitch, ch1, 2 SC in the next stitch*, repeat 2 more times, join with a slip stitch to the first SC (12 SC)

Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing

Attaching everything together-

– Sew the arms onto the body centered with the head at round 23

– Sew the ears onto the head at round 4 on each side

– Next, sew the horns evenly spaced between the ears

– Lastly, sew your spots onto the body (I placed two on the front and one on the back)

Your mini cow is complete! I hope you have enjoyed making this pattern.

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If you enjoy making amigurumi, here I share this easy and free amigurumi pattern for you for free. Your kids will love these toys.

The size of the toy and the amount of material used depends on YOUR

knitting density and yarn thickness.

Toy height 42 cm, sitting 30 cm

You will need:

• Yarn HiMALAYA dolphin BABY white (80301) 1,5 skein
• Yarn HiMALAYA dolphin BABY pink (80303) 0.5 skein
• Yarn HiMALAYA dolphin BABY beige (80342) for horns
• HiMALAYA dolphin BABY brown yarn (80337) for hooves
• Yarn HiMALAYA dolphin BABY pink marshmallow (80346) muzzle
• Hook number 4.0
• Holofiber filler
• Eyes with a diameter of 20 mm on a secure mount
• Lace 1-1.5 meters
• White threads No. 40
• Decorative flowers for decoration
• Thread for stitching parts and embroidering eyebrows, I use YarnArt

JEANS

• You can use any other color matching.
• Needles for stitching parts
• Dry pastel for tinting ears
• Clay moment “CRYSTAL”

Legend

SC single crochet

İNC – increase

Dec – decrease

CH- chain

() * – repeat the indicated number of times

LEGS

Start knitting with a brown thread

1st row. 2 CH, knit 6 SC (Magic ring) into the second loop from the hook

2nd row. 6 İNC (12)

3rd row. (1SC, İNC) * 6 (18)

4th row. (2SC, İNC) * 6 (24)

5 row. (3SC, İNC) * 6 (30)

6 row. (4SC, İNC) * 6 (36)

7 row. 36 SC behind the rear hinges

8-10 row. 36 SC

Change to the thread of the main color

11-12 row. 36 SC

13 row. (4SC, DEC) * 6 (30)

14 row. 30 SC

15 row. (3SC, DEC) * 6 (24)

16 row. (2SC, DEC) * 6 (18)

Fill with filler.

Then, in the process of knitting, fill with filler. The very top of the legs is not

fill.

17-30 row. We knit without changes 18 SC (14 rows)

Fasten and cut the thread.

PENS

Start knitting with a brown thread

1st row. 2 CH, knit 6 SC (Magic ring) into the second loop from the hook

2nd row. 6 İNC (12)

3rd row. (1SC, İNC) * 6 (18)

4th row. (2SC, İNC) * 6 (24)

5 row. (3SC, İNC) * 6 (30)

6 row. 30 SC behind the rear hinge walls

7-8 row. 30 SC

Change to the thread of the main color

9-10 row. 30 SC

11 row. (3SC, DEC) * 6 (24)

12 row. 24 SC

13 row. (2SC, DEC) * 6 (18)

Fill with filler.

Then, in the process of knitting, fill with filler. The very top of the pen doesn’t fill.

14-27 row. We knit without changes 18 SC (14 rows)

Fasten and cut the thread.

HEAD

The beginning row marker runs in the center of the head

1st row. 2 CH, knit 6 SC (Magic ring) into the second loop from the hook

2nd row. 6 İNC (12)

3rd row. (1SC, İNC) * 6 (18)

4th row. 1SC, İNC (2SC, İNC) * 5, 1SC (24)

5 row. (3SC, İNC) * 6 (30)

6 row. 2SC, İNC (4SC, İNC) * 5, 2SC (36)

7 row. (5SC, İNC) * 6 (42)

8 row. 3SC, İNC (6SC, İNC) * 5, 3SC (48)

9-12 row. We knit without changes 48 SC (4 rows)

13 row. (7SC, İNC) * 6 (54)

14 row. 4SC, İNC (8SC, İNC) * 5, 4SC (60)

Between the 13-14 rows we insert the eyes. Eye spacing 3 SC

15-21 row. We knit without changes 60SC (7 rows)

22 row. 4SC, DEC (8SC, DEC) * 5, 4SC (54)

23 row. (7SC, DEC) * 6 (48)

24 row. 3SC, DEC (6SC, DEC) * 5, 3SC (42)

25 row. (5SC, DEC) * 6 (36)

26 row. 2SC, DEC (4SC, DEC) * 5, 2SC (30)

Fasten and cut the thread. Fill with filler

BODY

The marker runs in the center of the back.

1st row. 2 CH, knit 6 SC (Magic ring) into the second loop from the hook

2nd row. 6 İNC (12)

3rd row. (1SC, İNC) * 6 (18)

4th row. 1SC, İNC (2SC, İNC) * 5, 1SC (24)

5 row. (3SC, İNC) * 6 (30)

6 row. 2SC, İNC (4SC, İNC) * 5, 2SC (36)

7 row. (5SC, İNC) * 6 (42)

8 row. 3SC, İNC (6SC, İNC) * 5, 3SC (48)

9 row. (7SC, İNC) * 6 (54)

10 row. 4SC, İNC (8SC, İNC) * 5, 4SC (60)

11 row. (9SC, İNC) * 6 (66)

12 row. In this row we knit the legs, grabbing through the loops of the legs and bodies

13SC, 9SC with foot, 22SC, 9SC with foot, 13SC (66)

13-15 row. We knit without changes 66 SC (3 rows)

Change to a pink thread

16 row. 66 SC

17 row. 66SC behind the rear hinge walls

18 row. 66 SC

19 row. (9SC, DEC) * 6 (60)

20-21 row. 60 SC

22 row. 4SC, DEC (8SC, DEC) * 5, 4SC (54)

23-24 row. 54SC

25 row. (7SC, DEC) * 6 (48)

26-27 row. 48 SC

28 row. 3SC, DEC (6SC, DEC) * 5, 3SC (42)

29-30 row. 42 SC

31 row. In this row we knit handles, grabbing through the loop of the arm and body

6SC, 9 SC with handle, 12SC, 9SC with handle, 6 SC (42)

32 row. (5SC, DEC) * 6 (36)

33 row. 2SC, DEC (4SC, DEC) * 5, 2SC (30)

Fasten and cut the thread. Fill with filler

FRONT HINGE WALLS 17 ROWS KNIT 66 SC white thread

Muzzle

Dial a chain of 9 CH

1st row. Starting from the 2nd loop from the hook 7SC, 3SC in one loop, 6SC,

inc (18)

2nd row. İNC, 6SC, 3İNC, 6SC, 2İNC (24)

3rd row. 1SC, İNC, 6SC (1SC, İNC) * 3, 6SC (1SC, İNC) * 2 (30)

4th row. 2SC, İNC, 6SC (2SC, İNC) * 3, 6SC (2SC, İNC) * 2 (36)

5 row. 3SC, İNC, 6SC (3SC, İNC) * 3, 6SC (3SC, İNC) * 2 (42)

6 row. 4SC, İNC, 6SC (4SC, İNC) * 3, 6SC (4SC, İNC) * 2 (48)

7 row. 48SC

8 row. 4SC, DEC, 6SC (4SC, DEC) * 3, 6SC (4SC, DEC) * 2 (42)

Fasten and cut the thread. Fill with filler.

HORNS

1st row. 2 CH, knit 6 SC (Magic ring) into the second loop from the hook

2nd row. (1SC, İNC) * 3 (9)

3rd row. 9SC

4th row. (2SC, İNC) * 3 (12)

5 row. 12SC

6 row. (3SC, İNC) * 3 (15)

7 row. 15 SC

Fasten and cut the thread.

Fill with filler

EARS

1st row. 2 CH, knit 6 SC (Magic ring) into the second loop from the hook

2nd row. 6SC

3rd row. 6İNC (12)

4th row. (3SC, İNC) * 3 (15)

5-8 row. 15 SC

9 row. (3SC, DEC) * 3 (12)

10 row. (2SC, DEC) * 3 (9)

11 row. (1SC, DEC) * 3 (6)

Fasten and cut the thread. Do not fill with filler

TAIL

Start knitting with a brown thread

1st row. 2 CH, knit 4SC (Magic ring) into the second loop from the hook

2nd row. 4 İNC (8)

3rd row. 8 SC

4th row. (1SC, İNC) * 4 (12)

5 row. (2SC, İNC) * 4 (16)

6 row. (3SC, İNC) * 4 (20)

7-8 row. 20 SC

9 row. (3SC, DEC) * 4 (16)

10 row. (2SC, DEC) * 4 (12)

11 row. (1SC, DEC) * 4 (8)

Fill with filler

Change to the thread of the main color

13-28 row. We knit without changes 8 SC (17 rows)

Fasten and cut the thread.

Do not fill with filler.

SKIRT

We take the lace and do the assembly around the edge.

All details are ready, we proceed to the design.

Sew the head to the cow. We outline the location of the muzzle, sew,

adding filler, give shape. Embroider the nostrils in one thread.

We outline the location of the horns and ears and sew. Inside the ears we tint

dry pastel. We embroider the eyebrows. The cow’s face is ready!

Sew the tail in the center of the 16th row. We take our skirt

with pins for the 17th row (where we knit 66SC for the front walls

loops). Sew carefully. We decorate a blouse with decorative flowers,

sticking them to the glue moment * CRYSTAL *. Optionally, you can do

bow and sew to the eye.

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