No-Sew Crochet Cow Free Pattern Little Crochet Farm

If you’re part of the Little Crochet Farm family, you already know how much I love no-sew patterns! And now, I’m excited to share my brand-new design: the No-sew Crochet Cow! This adorable cow is a quick and easy project, taking about an hour to make. Maybe I’m biased, but isn’t it just the cutest? I love it!

Why Choose No-Sew Crochet Patterns?

No-sew amigurumi patterns are a favorite among crocheters because they’re practical, hassle-free, and ensure perfectly placed limbs every time. There’s no need to spend extra time sewing, only to realize things look uneven and undoing stitches and realizing it damaged your work. How frustrating!
If you love fast, easy and free crochet, you’ll love this collection of no-sew free crochet patterns! I’ve gathered my designs along with beautiful patterns from talented designers around the world, explore them all here!

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Useful Crochet tutorials

Before we start, I leave a link to all the stitches tutorials I used to complete this pattern. If you are a complete beginner or not familiar with some techniques, there is a blog post with step-by-step images with descriptions and video tutorials.

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No-sew Crochet Cow amigurumi free pattern

Materials:

6mm crochet hooks,
Super Bulky chenille yarn. I used Hobbii Snuggle Baby colors brown, white, beige and gray. About 50g of the main color (white) and a very small amount of yarn for the other colors.
Black sports-weight yarn to embroider the eyes,
Sewing needle,
Stuffing material hypoallergenic polyester,
Scissors

Finished Size

The finished amigurumi cow measures approximately 5,5″ (14 cm) tall. However, the final size may vary depending on your stitch tension and the materials used.

Gauge

Gauge is not crucial for this pattern, so feel free to use a hook size that matches your chosen yarn. I always recommend using a slightly smaller hook to keep the stitches tight and prevent the stuffing from showing through. If needed, adjust your hook size for a neater finish.

However, if you’d like to know the gauge for my chosen yarn and materials, here it is:
With super bulky-weight chenille yarn and a 6mm crochet hook, the gauge for 4 rounds (increasing to 24 stitches) measures approximately 2.5″ (5 cm).

For a low-cost and ad-free printable pattern, you can find it in Ravelry here! And on Etsy here!

Terms and abbreviations (US terms):

Slip stitch (sl): insert the hook into the stitch and pull up a loop, now, pull it through the loop on your needle.

Single crochet (sc): insert the hook into the stitch, and pull up a loop yarn over the needle, you will have two loops on the hook, yarn over the needle, and pull it through the two loops.

Half double Crochet (hdc): yarn over the needle, insert the hook into the stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over the needle, and pull inside all loops on the needle.

Double Crochet (dc): yarn over the needle, insert the hook into the stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over the needle, pull through the first two loops of your needle, yarn over the needle, inside all loops on the needle.

Bobble stitch (BO): Yarn over, insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over again and pull through the first 2 loops (you’ll have 2 loops on the hook.) Repeat 5 times and you will have 6 loops on your hook, yarn over one last time and pull inside all loops on the needle.

Increase (inc): make two single crochet inside the same stitch.

Decrease (dec): Insert the hook into the front loop only of the next two stitches, yarn under, and pull through, you will have two loops on the hook. Yarn under and pull through both loops on the hook.

No-sew Cow Pattern Instructions

HEAD

With white start,

1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring

From the next round, you will start working with both brown and white yarn

2 rnd [white] 1inc, [brown] 1inc, [white] (1inc) repeat 4 times Total 12sts

3 rnd [white] 1sc, 1inc, [brown] 1sc, 1inc, [white] (1sc, 1inc) repeat 4 times Total 18sts

4 rnd [white] 2sc, 1inc, [brown] 2sc, 1inc, [white] (2sc, 1inc) repeat 4 times Total 24sts

5 rnd [white] 3sc, 1inc, [brown] 3sc, 1inc, [white] (3sc, 1inc) repeat 4 times Total 30sts

6 rnd [white] 5sc, [brown] 4sc, [white] 21sc

Cut the brown yarn and fasten off. Continue working only with white

7-8 rnd 30sc

From the next round, you will work with white and beige

9 rnd [white] 11sc, [beige] 5inc hdc, [white] 14sc Total 35sts

10 rnd [white] 11sc, [beige] 10hdc, [white] 14sc

11 rnd [white] 11sc, [beige] 5dec hdc, [white] 14sc Total 30sts

Cut the beige yarn and fasten off. Continue working only with white

12 rnd (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

13 rnd (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

14 rnd 18blsl

Stop to start adding stuffing material before continuing.
For round 15, you will crochet in the remaining front loop of round 13. This way, round 14 will be hiding inside the toy.

BODY

15 rnd FL(2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

For the next round, you will work the Bobble stitch in brown, crocheting through the front loop only.
If your starting stitch is positioned differently from mine, the little paws may not be centered. If that is the case, to ensure proper alignment, identify the 8 central stitches on the cow’s body. This should be the gap between the two paws. Adjust round 16 accordingly to maintain symmetry.

16 rnd [white] 6sc, [brown] 1Flbo, [white] 8sc, [brown] 1Flbo, [white] 8sc

For the next three rounds, you will work only with white.

17 rnd 6sc, 1blsc, 8sc, 1blsc, 8sc

18-19 rnd 24sc

Now, you are back to work with brown and white yarn,

20 rnd [white] 6sc, [brown] 1Flbo, [white] 8sc, [brown] 1Flbo, [white] 7sc, [brown] chain 7, skip first chain, 6sc [white] join with 1sc

Cut the brown yarn and fasten it off.
Continue working only with white.
Finish adding stuffing material.

21 rnd (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

22 rnd (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts

Cut the yarn and fasten it off.

HORNS

With gray yarn start,

Right Horn:
This horn is positioned above the brown spot and is worked downward, starting from round 2 and finishing at round 3.

With the cow facing you, insert your hook into a stitch on round 2.
Chain 1, make 1dc, chain 1 again, and slip stitch into a stitch on round 3 to secure.
Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Left Horn:

This horn is worked upward, starting from round 3 and finishing at round 2.

With the cow facing you, insert your hook into a stitch on round 3.
Chain 1, make 1dc, chain 1 again, and slip stitch into a stitch on round 2 to secure.
Cut the yarn and fasten off.

EARS

Right Ear:
This ear is worked downward (above the brown spot), starting from round 5 and finishing at round 6.

With the cow facing you, insert your hook into a stitch on round 5 with brown yarn.
Chain 5, skip the first chain, then work the following stitches: 1sc, 1hdc, 1dc, 1hdc.
Slip stitch into a stitch on round 6 to secure.
Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Left Ear:
This ear is worked upward, starting from round 6 and finishing at round 5.

With the cow facing you, insert your hook into a stitch on round 6 with white yarn.
Chain 5, skip the first chain, then work the following stitches: 1sc, 1hdc, 1dc, 1hdc.
Slip stitch into a stitch on round 5 to secure.
Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Embroider the Eyes

Using black sports weight yarn, embroider the eyes on round 8 (or one round above the nose).
Leave a gap of 5 stitches between the eyes.
Secure the yarn and hide the remaining tail inside the toy.

Congratulations!!!

Your Crochet Cow amigurumi is ready!

I hope you enjoy this pattern, and if you have any questions or comments in general, leave them in the comment box below.

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See you next time!

Love,

Ana

No-Sew Crochet Cow Free Pattern

Why Choose No-Sew Crochet Patterns?