Amigurami Cow Pattern – My Cow measure around 26cm in height and I have used 1 ball of main color, chenille yarn 120m/100g using 4 mm hook.
You will need:
- Yarn in desired colour
- I have used white chenille yarn – not full 1 ball (120m/100g) Cream colour for muzzle and horns
- Black for horns and hooves
- Some yellow, brown and green yarn for flower Pink for bow
- Crochet hook 4mm
Needle
- Polyester fibrefill stuffing
- Plastic safety eyes – I have used 14 mm
- Long pile faux fur fabric for hairs buy it on Ebay
Observation:
- MR magic ring
- ch chain
- sc single crochet
- sl st slip stitch
- st stitch
- inc increase
- dec decrease
- BLO back loop only
Notes:
Do not join at the end of each round; rounds are worked in continuous spirals or otherwise stated. Use a stitch marker to mark the beginning of each round. Move the marker up each time you start a new round.
Head and body
Starting with main colour
1: 6sc in MR (6)
2: inc x 6 (12)
3: (1sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: (3sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6: (4sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7: (5sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8: (6sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9: 48sc (48) place marker in sc 19 and 28, attached eyes in these places later
10 -13: 48sc (48)
14: (6sc, dec) x 6 (42)
15: (5sc, dec) x 6 (36)
16: (4sc, dec) x 6 (30) – Stuff the head
17: (3sc, dec) x 6 (24)
18: (2sc, dec) x 6 (18)
19: 18sc (18)
20: chain 16, starting from the second sc from the hook, 15sc on the chain, 1 sc in the same space which you start the chain, then 18sc on the neck to the marker.
21: 15sc on the chain, inc (inc is at the end of the chain) 33sc in other side of the chain, to the marker (50) – we created one big round
22: 14sc, inc x 4, 32sc (54)
23- 33: 54 sc (54)
Fold in half and move marker in the position where the arrow is on the picture below.
34: 44sc, skip 8sc, 2sc (46)
35: 1sc, skip 8sc, 8sc, skip 8sc, 3sc, skip 8, 10sc (22) Staff the body, then add the filling as required.
36: dec, 7sc, dec x 2, 8sc, dec (18) f/o leaving long tail to sew the hole later on. We created holes in the bottom of the body for legs.
Legs
1: Attached yarn in the hole, start each leg in the same space. Make 12sc in the hole, each leg will be done separately (12)
2 – 4: 12sc (12) – tip: make all four legs first in main colour, then change colour and stuff after. That way is easier to make second leg.
5: change the colour BLO 12sc (12)
6: (1sc, inc) x 6 (18)
7-8: 18sc (18)
9: BLO (1sc, dec) x 6 (12)
10: dec x 6 – f/o leaving tail and sew the hole Repeat this for each leg.
Add the stuffing to the body as required, sew the middle hole.
Ears
1: 4sc in MR (4)
2: inc x 4 (8)
3: (1sc, inc) x 4 (12)
4: (2sc, inc) x 4 (16)
5-7: 16sc (16)
8: (2sc, dec) x 4 (12)
9: (1sc, dec) x 4 (8) – f/o leaving long tail. Sew into the head.
Muzzle
1: make chain 6, starting form second st from the hook make 4sc, then make 3sc in the last st. On the other side of the chain make 3sc, inc (12)
2: (1sc, inc) x 6 (18)
3: (1sc, inc) x 9 (27)
4: (2sc, inc) x 9 (36)
5: 36sc (36)
6: (2sc, dec) x 9 (27)
7: 27sc – f/o leaving long tail. Stuff and sew muzzle under the eyes.
Shape muzzle. Using the same yarn, start in blue point on the top of the muzzle then pull yarn under the muzzle to the red point marked below. Pull yarn few times between red and yellow point. Then from yellow point pull yarn again to the blue pint where you have your starting yarn and tight both
Mouth
1: 6sc in MR (6)
2: inc x 6 (12)
3: (1sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2sc, inc) x 3, do not finish this round to the marker. f/o leaving long tail. Fold in half but the one side will be longer than other, sew them together. And sew mouth under the shaped muzzle.
Horns
With cream colour
1: 4sc in MR (4)
2: 4sc (4)
3: inc, 3sc (5) – stuff horns, add filling when making
4: 5sc
5: inc, 4sc (6)
6: 6sc – f/o leaving long tail. Sew into the head.
Tail
Make chain 10 staring from second chain from the hook and make 9sc. f/o Attach cream yarn at the end, optionally burn ends of the yarn with lighter. Sew in the body.
Cut piece of the fur fabric and sew in to the head using thread. Embroider eyebrows and nostrils with black yarn.
Bow
Make chain 6 staring from second chain from the hook and make 5sc
1-5: chain 1 turn, 5sc (5) – f/o leaving long tail. Move yarn to the middle and wrap around entire work to look like bow. Sew into the tail or head. As prefer ●¨v
Patches
With black –
1: 6sc in MR (6)
2: inc x 6 (12) – Make 4 and sew in to the body
Flower
With brown – 1: 10sc in MR (10)
Change colour to yellow – 2: chain 5 and slt to the same sc, creating a loop, 1sc, chain 5 slt to the same sc, repeat around and f/o
With green make chain 10 and f/o. make two and sew with flower in to the mouth.
