Free Cute Cow Amigurumi Pattern – Adorable and Easy Crochet Tutorial

Moo-ve into the world of adorable crochet with our free Cute Cow Amigurumi pattern! This charming design is perfect for crocheters of all skill levels, offering clear, step-by-step instructions and helpful photos directly on the page. Whether you’re making this lovable cow as a gift, for a nursery, or just for fun, its sweet details and cuddly appearance are sure to bring joy. Grab your crochet hook, some yarn, and let’s start creating this delightful cow together!

Abbreviations

MR – magic ring 

ch – chain 

sl st – slip stitch 

sc – single crochet 

hdc – half double crochet 

dc – double crochet 

inc / sc2in1 – 2 single crochet in one stitch (increase) 

st / sts – stitch / stitches 

dec / sc2tog – single crochet 2 stitches together (decrease) 

(sc2in1, sc2) around – repeat what’s in the brackets until end of the row 

(sc10, dec) – 2x – repeat what’s in the brackets 2 times 

*decrease only through front loops – it looks much better 

Materials used: 

Crochet hook size: 3,5mm. 

Yarn used: 

Himalaya Everyday colors black and white (100g/250m) 

Himalaya Everyday Bebe Lux crème (color number 70437, 100g/250m) 

If you use other kind of yarn and hook size you’ll just get different size of the 

toy. My finished work is around 15-16cm tall. 

Black thread for nose, eyelashes, eyebrows (if you want to make them). 

Safety eyes or buttons. 

Some toy or pillow stuffing. 

*work in continuous rounds. 

PATTERN: 

Head:

(white yarn, start stuffing around row 26) 

Row 1: sc8 in MR 

Row 2: (sc2in1) around (16 sts) 

Row 3: (inc, sc1) around (24) 

Row 4: (inc, sc3) around (30) 

Row 5: (inc, sc4) around (36) 

Row 6: (inc, sc5) around (42) 

Row 7: (inc, sc6) around (48) 

Row 8: (inc, sc7) around (54) 

Row 9: (inc, sc8) around (60) 

Row 10: (inc, sc9) around (66) 

Row 11: (inc, sc10) around (72) 

Row 12 – 22: sc72 (11 rows) 

Row 23: (dec, sc10) around (66) 

Row 24: (dec, sc9) around (60) 

Row 25: (dec, sc8) around (54) 

Row 26: (dec, sc7) around (48) 

Row 27: (dec, sc6) around (42) 

Row 28: (dec, sc5) around (36) 

Row 29: (dec, sc4) around (30) 

Row 30: (dec, sc3) around (24) 

Sl st, fasten off, leave a tail to sew head to the body. 

Around row 25 stop working and put safety eyes between rows 14 and 15. 

Set them as far apart as you like, I did 15sts distance between the eyes. 

You can also sew eyelashes and / or eyebrows if you like. 

Body:

(white yarn, stuff when you start decreasing) 

Row 1: sc6 in MR 

Row 2: (sc2in1) around (12) 

Row 3: (sc1, inc) around (18) 

Row 4: (sc2, inc) around (24) 

Row 5: (sc3, inc) around (30) 

Row 6: (sc4, inc) around (36) 

Row 7: (sc5, inc) around (42) 

Row 8: (sc6, inc) around (48) 

Row 9: (sc7, inc) around (54) 

Row 10: (sc12, inc, sc13, inc) – x2 (58) 

Row 11: sc7, inc, sc14, inc, sc15, inc, sc14, inc, sc4 (62) 

Row 12: (sc14, inc, sc15, inc) – x2 (66) 

Row 13 – 17: sc66 (5 rows) 

Row 18: (sc20, dec) – x3 (63) 

Row 19: (sc19, dec) – x3 (60) 

Row 20: sc9, dec, (sc18, dec) –x2, sc9 (57) 

Row 21: (sc17, dec) –x3 (54) 

Row 22: sc8, dec, (sc16, dec) – x3, sc8 (51) 

Row 23: (sc15, dec) – x3 (48) 

Row 24: sc7, dec, (sc14, dec) – x2, sc7 (45) 

Row 25: (sc13, dec) – x3 (42) 

Row 26: sc6, dec, (sc12, dec) –x2, sc6 (39) 

Row 27: (sc11, dec) – x3 (36) 

Row 28: sc5, dec, (sc10, dec) – x2, sc5 (33) 

Row 29: (sc9, dec) – x3 (30) 

Row 30: sc4, dec, (sc8, dec) – x2, sc4 (27) 

Row 31: (sc7, dec) – x3 (24) 

Row 32: sc24 

Sl st, fasten off, weave in the end. 

Ears (make 2):

(I made 1 with white yarn and 1 with black yarn. Do not stuff the ears) 

Row 1: sc6 in MR 

Row 2: (sc2, inc) – x2 (8) 

Row 3: (sc3, inc) – x2 (10) 

Row 4: (sc4, inc) – x2 (12) 

Row 5: (sc5, inc) – x2 (14) 

Row 6: (sc6, inc) – x2 (16) 

Row 7: (sc7, inc) – x2 (18) 

Row 8: (sc8, inc) – x2 (20) 

Row 9: (sc9, inc) – x2 (22) 

Row 10: (sc10, inc) – x2 (24) 

Row 11 – 15: sc24 (5 rows) 

Row 16: (sc6, dec) – x3 (21) 

Row 17: (sc5, dec) – x3 (18) 

Row 18: (sc4, dec) – x3 (15) 

Row 19: sc15 

Sl st, fasten off, leave a tail to sew to the head. 

Nose:

(cream color, do not stuff yet) 

ch5, start the row with the second ch from the hook. 

Row 1: inc, sc2, inc, (now on the other side of the chain) inc, sc2, inc (12) 

Row 2: (sc2in1) – x2, sc2, (sc2in1) – x4, sc2, (sc2in1) – x2 (20) 

Row 3: (sc1, inc) – x2, sc2, (sc1, inc) – x4, sc2, (sc1, inc) – x2 (28) 

Row 4: (sc2, inc) – x2, sc2, (sc2, inc) – x4, sc2, (sc2, inc) – x2 (36) 

Row 5 – 9: sc36 (5 rows) 

Sl st, fasten off, leave a tail. 

With black thread sew the nose „dots” 

Legs (4x):

(stuff as you go) 

Start with black yarn: 

Row 1: sc8 in MR 

Row 2: (sc2in1) around (16) 

Row 3: (sc1, inc) around (24) 

Row 4: (sc3, inc) around (30) 

Row 5: this row back loops only – sc30 

Row 6: sc30 

Row 7: (sc13, dec) – x2 (28) 

Row 8: sc28 

Change color to white: 

Row 9: sc6, dec, sc12, dec, sc6 (26) 

Row 10: sc26 

You can tie together black and white yarn ends, make a knot and just leave it inside the leg. 

Row 11: (sc11, dec) – x2 (24) 

Row 12: sc24 

Row 13: sc5, dec, sc10, dec, sc5 (22) 

Row 14: sc22 

Row 15: (sc9, dec) – x2 (20) 

Row 16: sc20 

Row 17: sc4, dec, sc8, dec, sc4 (18) 

Row 18: sc18 

Row 19: (sc7, dec) – x2 (16) 

Row 20 – 23: sc16 (4 rows) 

Sl st, fasten off, leave a tail. 

When I stuff legs I like to leave some unstuffed part so they fall more loosely from the body. 

Tail:

(do not stuff) 

Start with black yarn: 

Row 1: sc6 in MR 

Row 2: (sc1, inc) – x3 (9) 

Row 3 and 4: sc9 

Row 5: this row back loops only: sc9 

Change yarn to white: 

Row 6: this row back loops only: sc9 

Row 7 and every next row: sc9 – continue until you get the length you like, for me it was around 13cm. 

Around row 8 or 9: tie together black and white yarn ends, make a knot and just leave it inside the tail. 

Finish with sl st and leave a tail to sew to the body. 

In the front loops of rows 5 and 6 you need to attach pieces of black yarn to make a “brushy” end. Make some 8 – 10cm pieces and attach them like on the picture below. 

*I crocheted an extra part of tail only in white color so you can see better how I attached the pieces of yarn. After you finish, you can cut the ends to the length you like but I didn’t do anything because for me it looks just fine. You can also use a smaller size of a hook to make it easier to pull through. 

Spots: 

I made 7 of those, but you can crochet them your way  

Below I wrote down what I made and attached to this baby cow. Of course all are crocheted in black yarn. 

Every time you finish the spot with a sl st and leave a long tail to sew. The end from the beginning of the spot you just weave in and cut. 

Spot 1: 

Row 1: sc6 in MR 

Row 2: (sc2in1) around (12) 

Row 3: (sc1, inc) around (18) 

Row 4: (sc2, inc) around (24) 

Spot 2: 

ch4, start the first row from the second ch from the hook 

Row 1: sc2in1, sc1, sc2in1, on the other side of the chain: sc2in1, sc1, sc2in1 (10) 

Row 2: (sc2in1) – x2, sc1, (sc2in1) – x4, sc1, (sc2in1) – x2 (18) 

Row 3: (inc, sc1) – x2, sc1, (inc, sc1) – x4, sc1, (sc2in1) – x2 (26) 

Row 4: (sc2, inc) – x2 

Spots 3 i 4: 

ch7, start from the second ch from the hook. 

Row 1: sc2in1, sc4, sc2in1, on the other side of the hook: sc2in1, sc4, sc2in1 (16) 

Row 2: (sc2in1) – x2, , sc4, (sc2in1) – x4, sc4, (sc2in1) – x2 (24) 

Spot 5: 

ch13, start from the second ch from the hook. 

Row 1: sc2in1, sc10, sc2in1, on the other side of the hook: sc2in1, sc10, sc2in1 

Row 2: (sc2in1) – x2, sc2, dc2, sc6, (sc2in1) – x4, sc2, dc4, sc4, (sc2in1) – x2 

Row 3: (sc1, inc) – x2, sc1, dc4, hdc1, sc5, (sc1, inc) – x4, dc6, hdc1, sc3, sc2in1, sc1, sc2in1 

Row 4: dc2in1, dc2, dc2in1, sc1, sc1 

*with dc and hdc I was trying to get some irregular edges. 

Spots 6 and 7:

these are the most difficult ones ch11, start from the second ch from the hook. 

Row 1: sc2in1, sc4, sc3in1, sc3, sc2in1, on the other side of the hook: sc2in1, sc2, sc3tog, sc3, sc2in1 

Row 2: (sc2in1) – x2, sc4, (sc2in1, sc2) – x2, (sc2in1) – x4, sc2, sc3tog, sc1, (sc2in1) – x2 

Row 3: (sc1, sc2in1) – x2, hdc1, dc4, hdc1, (sc1, sc2in1) – x2, sc1, hdc1, dc1, dc2in1, hdc1, sc2in1, sc1, sc2in1, sc2, sc2tog, sc1, hdc1, (dc2tog, dc1) – x2 

Row 4: dc1, hdc1, sc2in1, sc1, hdc1, dc1, dc2tog, hdc1, sc2, dc2tog, dc3, sc2in1, sc6, (sc2, sc2in1) – x3, sc1, sc3tog, sc2, dc2, dc2in1, sc1 

Now you need to sew everything together. Attach ears more / less at the eyes line. Stuff the nose when there is only small hole left when you sew. Attach spots wherever you like – it’s a cow so they can be somewhere different each time  Weave in all the ends and cut the remaining tails of yarn.