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Hook up your own adorable strawberry cow!

Strawberries have never looked so sweet! Add a new amigurumi animal to your collection with Lucy Anwar’s strawberry cow crochet pattern.

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Lucy Anwar

Published: October 11, 2022 at 10:42 am

Amigurumi is a great way to show loved ones your talent, style and ability. Not to mention it’s super cute!

This amigurumi cow would make the perfect gift for little ones. Complete with strawberry pink spots and a yellow flower hat, it’ll quickly become their best friend.

Lucy Anwar’s strawberry cow crochet pattern is the ideal project for crochet beginners! It uses many basic crochet techniques (all of which are covered in our beginner's guide to crochet) and can be hooked up in a weekend.

Follow Lucy’s strawberry crochet cow pattern and hook up your own cuddly cow this weekend.

Things to know before you start crocheting

This pattern is worked in the amigurumi style, in a spiral without slip stitching or turning chains, unless otherwise specified. If you’re new to amigurumi check out our how to crochet amigurumi guide for some handy tips and tricks Use a stitch marker or scrap of yarn to keep track of the first stitch of each round. This pattern is worked in UK terms. If you're unfamiliar with any of the stitch names or are used to US patterns, you can find a full list of helpful information in our abbreviations and conversions guide.

How tall will your crochet cow measure

This strawberry crochet cow pattern will measure approximately 20cm tall.

What you’ll need to make your amigurumi cow

You will need:

  • Rico Ricorumi DK, 25g, 100% Cotton wool in White (001) (2)
  • Rico Ricorumi DK, 25g, 100% Cotton wool in Rose (008) (1)
  • Rico Ricorumi DK, 25g, 100% Cotton wool in Pastel Yellow (062) (1)
  • Crochet hook (3.5mm)
  • Black safety eyes (2 6mm)
  • Stitch Marker
  • Toy stuffing
  • Pins
  • Sewing needle

Step 1

Your strawberry cow crochet pattern

Crocheting your cow’s feet

amigurumi crochet cow step1

Step 1

With Rose yarn, make a crochet magic loop
Round 1: 6 double crochet (dc) into the loop. [6 sts]
Round 2: 2dc in each stitch (st) around. [12 sts]
Rounds 3-4: Dc in each st around. [12 sts]

Step 2

Change to White yarn
Rounds 5-8: Dc in each st around [12 sts]
Fasten off on 1st foot only
Repeat rounds 1-8 to make your second foot, but don’t fasten off – at the end of round 8chain (ch) 3 and dc into the first foot.

Now it’s time to crochet your cow’s body

Step 1

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Round 9: Dc in each st around (this includes going around the first foot, into the chains, around the second foot and back into the other side of the chain stitches )[30 sts]

Insert stuffing here and add continuously as you progress.

Round 10: Dc in each st around [30 sts]

Round 11: (Dc in next 4 sts, 2dc in next st) 6 times [36 sts]

Rounds 12-21: Dc in each st around  [36 sts]

Step 2

At this point we will start decreasing our stitches. You can do this with a regular decrease stitch (dc2tog), but for a really neat amigurumi make we’d suggest using an invisible decrease (inv dec).

Round 22: (Dc in next 4 sts, invdec) 6 times [30 sts]

Rounds 23-24: Dc in each st around  [30 sts]

Round 25:(Dc in next 3 sts, invdec) 6 times [24 sts] stuff

Rounds 26-27:Dc in each st around  [24 sts]

Round 28: (Dc in next 2 sts, invdec) 6 times [18 sts]

Rounds 29-30: Dc in each st around  [18 sts]

Round 31: (Dc in next st, invdec) 6 times [12 sts]

 

Time to make your amigurumi cow’s head!

Step 1

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Round 32: 2dc in each stitch around [24 sts]

Round 33: (Dc in next 3 sts, 2dc in next st) 6 times [30 sts]

Round 34: (Dc in next 4 sts, 2dc in next st) 6 times [36 sts]

Round 35: (Dc in next 5 sts, 2dc in next st) 6 times [42 sts]

Rounds 36-43: Dc in each st around [42 sts]

Attach eyes between rounds 40 and 41, approximately eight stitches apart

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Step 2

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Round 44: (Dc in next 5 sts, invdec) 6 times [36 sts]

Round 45: (Dc in next 4 sts, invdec) 6 times [30 sts]

Round 46:(Dc in next 3 sts, invdec) 6 times [24 sts] stuff

Round 47: Dc in next 2 sts, invdec) 6 times [18 sts]

Round 48: (Dc in next st, invdec) 6 times [12 sts]

Round 49: (invdec) 6 times [6 sts]

Fasten off, leaving a long tail.

Now it’s time to crochet your cow’s mouth

Step 1

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With Rose yarn, ch5

Round 1: 2dc in second ch from hook, dc in the next 2 sts, 2dc in next st, (continue working around onto the opposite side of the ch sts) 2dc in next st, dc in the next 2 sts, 2dc in next st. [12 sts]

Round 2:Dc in next st, 2dc in next st, dc in next 3 sts, 2dc in next st, dc in next st, 2dc in next st, dc in next 3 sts, 2dc in next st. [16 sts]
Round 3:Dc in each st around  [16 sts]

Step 2

Change to White yarn

Round 4: Dc in each st around [16 sts]

Slip stitch (ss) in next st, Fasten off leaving a long tail.

Move on to crocheting your cow’s ears (make 2)

Step 1

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With White yarn, make a crochet magic loop

Round 1: 4dc into loop [4 sts]
Round 2: (Dc in next st, 2dc in next st) 2 times [6 sts]
Round 3: (Dc in next 2 sts, 2dc in next st) 2 times [8 sts]
Round 4: (Dc in next 3 sts, 2dc in next st) 2 times [10 sts]
Round 5: (Dc in next 4 sts, 2dc in next st) 2 times [12 sts]
Round 6: (Dc in next 5 sts, 2dc in next st) 2 times [14 sts]
Round 7: Dc in each st around [14 sts]
Ss in next st, Fasten off leaving a long tail.

Let’s crochet your amigurumi cow’s arms (make 2)

Step 1

amigurumi crochet cow step7
With Rose yarn, make a crochet magic loop
Round 1: 4dc into loop [4 sts]
Round 2: (2dc in next st) 4 times [8 sts]
Rounds 3-4: Dc in each st around [8 sts] stuff hand only

Step 2

Change to White yarn
Rounds 5-18: Dc in each st around [8 sts]
Ss in next st, Fasten off leaving a long tail.

Time to crochet your strawberry cow’s flower hat!

Step 1

For the outer flower 

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For the outer flower

With Pastel Yellow yarn, make a crochet magic loop
Round 1 6dc into the loop, ss in first st to join [6 sts]
Round 2 (ch6, ss into same st before the ch sts) repeat 7 times
Fasten off leaving a long tail.

For the inner flower

amigurumi crochet cow step9
With White yarn, make a crochet magic loop
Round 1: 6dc into the loop [6 sts]
Ss in next st, Fasten off leaving a long tail.

Crochet the strawberry spots for your cow

Step 1

amigurumi crochet cow step10

With Rose yarn, make a crochet magic loop

Round 1: 6dc into loop [6 sts]
Round 2: (2dc in each st) 6 times [12 sts]
Ss in next st, Fasten off leaving a long tail.

Finish your amigurumi cow off with a tail!

Step 1

Step 1

With white yarn, cut three strands of yarn measuring 20cm long.

Step 2

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Insert crochet hook in the back of the cow between two rows (picture A)

Step 3

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Fold the strands of yarn in half and using your crochet hook, pull through slightly (picture B) Grab the rest of the yarn and pull through the loop, pull tight to secure.

Step 4

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Seperate the yarn into three sections and create a simple plait, tie the end with a knot, then trim the loose ends to make it look neater (picture C).

Assembling your amigurumi cow

Step 1

Step 1

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amigurumi crochet cow step12B

Pin all items in place –using the photo for guidance.

Step 2

Sew mouth to the face of the head (stuff the mouth before sewing completely), then finish sewing around.

Fold ears slightly, place them on the sides of the head and sew in place.

Sew the inner flower to the outer flower. Sew the outer flower to the left side of the head next to the ear. Pull yarn through the opening of the top of the head. (you'll sew this up at the end).

Sew the arms to the sides of the body.

Step 3

Trim off the beginning yarn from the spots, sew around attaching them to the body of the amigurumi cow. Weave in the ends to the closest part of the pinks of the cow.

Tie any loose yarn through the top of the head. Sew the white yarn through the remaining six stitches, pull tight and secure well.

amigurumi crochet cow with delia

 

 

Put your own spin on your amigurumi cow

This sweet amigurumi cow is a joy to make and assemble. Lucy has created her cow with strawberry colouring but you could put your own spin on it. Go for a more traditional look with black spots or use up scrap pieces of yarn to create rainbow spots.

Why not give your amigurumi cow a crochet heart headpiece instead of a flower? Or even a crochet star? Let your imagination run wild and crochet a cow you can love forever.

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Lucy Anwar

Crochet Designer

Lucy Anwar AKA idillydallyami is a crochet and amigurumi designer. She started off learning to crochet 10 years ago during a difficult pregnancy. She found it really helped her mental health. Once she started she was literally 'hooked'. After understanding how shapes and different stitches were made she started designing crochet novelty hats for children, then moved onto dolls and animals - she felt her purpose instead of just being a mum. Being a mother is always first but in her spare time she enjoys creating brand new toys - Lucy is always doodling new ideas and then transforming them into amigurumi. She has made designs for Love Crochet magazine and featured in Simply Crochet magazine. She has also helped design patterns for John Lewis as well as Anchor. You can keep up to date with Lucy's designs on her instagram - www.instagram.com/idillydallyami
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