“Mooooooooo, hellloooooooo!” Do you hear that? It’s MooMoo, the crochet cow, saying a big HELLO to the Craft Passion family!
It’s been awhile since my last amigurumi design and I am glad to present to you this very huggable MooMoo amigurumi cow stuffed animal. It is about 12” tall in standing position and 9” while sitting (yes, it can do both!), so it is just the right size for children who are looking for a huggable doll. Included in this crochet pattern are also additional instructions on filling the limbs and bottom of the body with stuffing pellets so you can weigh it down. Then your MooMoo can sit and stand on its own.
Crochet Cow Amigurumi Crochet Pattern
MooMoo
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MooMoo, the cow amigurumi is crocheted from a medium weight acrylic yarn and a 3.0mm hook. He has a white body, yellow nose and ears, and brown fists, feet, and horns. His body patches are made from felt (cut out) and then, sewn on with a blanket stitch. For a spot of color, this MooMoo stuffed cow has a fiery red jingle bell around his neck.
MooMoo, the amigurumi cow is a playful and curious milk cow who likes to hop and play all around the farm. Occasionally, he will pretend to be helpful by going from bucket to bucket, checking on the quality of the milk collected by the farmer’s wife from all the other milk cows. It is a normal sight to see MooMoo nosing his way from stall to stall, sniffing intently at all the milk, and when no one’s watching, quickly take a gulp from whichever bucket is filled to the brim.
Life on the farm is fun for this cow stuffed animal. He has so many things to go around and inspect – the chicken coop where Baby Chick amigurumi was born and the pen where Princess P amigurumi Piggy loves to snooze in on warm days. It helps that MooMoo is so independent too, he’s not afraid to explore every corner of the farm on his own, often making new friends and finding new hidey-hole along the way.
This morning, he found himself in a freshly-plowed meadow, with square bales of hay laying around, waiting for the farmer and family to hoist onto their wagons. He loves it when it’s this time of the year, the field is full of hay smells and everything looks so clean and clear. He knows that soon, the days will get colder, though, so sitting in the middle of all the cut hay is such a comfortable feeling. “Boy, it’s so nice and warm sitting in the hay,” This stuffed cow thinks. “In a few months’ time, the weather will turn cold and the fields will be in all shades of white and gray.”
Just thinking about the coming cold months made this crochet cow a little low. But it didn’t last long. Soon, he was smiling again because he decided that he would enjoy today as much as he can, so he will have good memories during those cold days. “Plus,” MooMoo the amigurumi cow said to himself, “Every cold season comes to an end and there will always be another warm season to look forward to. Which means, more hay to roll around in! Woohooooo!”
And with that, off he went to look for more milk!
Crochet Cow Amigurumi Pattern
MooMoo the amigurumi cow is a playful and curious milk cow who likes to hop and play all around the farm. Occasionally, he will pretend to be helpful by going from bucket to bucket, checking on the quality of the milk collected by the farmer’s wife from all the other milk cows. It is a normal sight to see MooMoo nosing his way from stall to stall, sniffing intently at all the milk, and when no one’s watching, quickly take a gulp from whichever bucket is filled to the brim.
This Amigurumi Cow stuffed animal is crocheted from a medium weight acrylic yarn and a 3.0mm hook. He has a white body, yellow nose and ears, and brown fists, feet, and horns. His body patches are made from felt (cut out) and then, sewn on with a blanket stitch. For a spot of color, MooMoo has a fiery red jingle bell around his neck.
It stands at about 12” tall and 9” while sitting (yes, it can do both!), so it is just the right size for children who are looking for a huggable doll. Included in this blog are also additional instructions on filling the limbs and bottom of the body with stuffing pellets so you can weigh it down. Then your MooMoo can sit and stand on its own.
Happy Crochet!
Materials
- Acrylic yarn in white, brown and yellow
- Black felt
- 2 x 10mm black safety eyes
- Ribbon
- Jingle Bell, 1"
- Black sewing thread
Tools
- 3.0mm hook
- Sewing needle
- Darning needle
- Polyester fiberfill
- Stuffing Pellets & 5 small pellets bags (optional)
- Scissors
- Pins
- Craft Glue
Instructions
Abbreviations
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
Inc: 2sc increase
Inv dec: invisible decrease
ps3: puff stitch (hdc3tog)
AMIGURUMI COW CROCHET PATTERN
Body
With White yarn:
Round 1: ch5, Inc in 2nd ch from hook, sc 2, 5sc in the last ch. Continue on the other side of the chain base, sc 2, 3sc in the last ch. {14}
Round 2: Inc, sc 4, [Inc] 3 times, sc 4, [Inc] 2 times. {20}
Round 3: Inc, sc 6, [Inc] 2 times, sc, Inc, sc 6, [Inc] 2 times, sc. {26}
Round 4: Inc, sc 8, [Inc, sc] 2 times, Inc, sc 8, [Inc, sc] 2 times. {32}
Round 5: Inc, sc 10, Inc, sc 2, Inc, sc, Inc, sc 10, Inc, sc 2, Inc, sc. {38}
Round 6: Inc. sc 12, [Inc, sc 2] 2 times, Inc, sc 12, [Inc, sc 2] 2 times. {44}
Round 7: Inc, sc 14, Inc, sc 3, Inc, sc 2, Inc, sc 14, Inc, sc 3, Inc, sc 2. {50}
Round 8: Inc, sc 16, [Inc, sc 3] 2 times, Inc, sc 16, [Inc, sc 3] 2 times. {56}
Round 9: sc around. {56}
Round 10: sc 24, Inc, sc 27, Inc, sc 3. {58}
Round 11: sc 24, Inc, sc 28, Inc, sc 4. {60}
Round 12: sc 25, Inc, sc 29, Inc, sc 4. {62}
Round 13: sc 25, Inc, sc 30, Inc, sc 5. {64}
Round 14 - 23: sc around. {64}
Round 24: [sc 30, Inv dec] around. {62}
Round 25: [sc 29, Inv dec] around. {60}
Round 26: [sc 28, Inv dec] around. {58}
Round 27: [sc 27, Inv dec] around. {56}
Round 28: [sc 26, Inv dec] around. {54}
Round 29: [sc 25, Inv dec] around. {52}
Round 30: [sc 24, Inv dec] around. {50}
Round 31: [sc 23, Inv dec] around. {48}
Round 32: [sc 22, Inv dec] around. {46}
Round 33: [sc 21, Inv dec] around. {44}
Round 34: [sc 20, Inv dec] around. {42}
Round 35: [sc 19, Inv dec] around. {40}
Round 36: [sc 18, Inv dec] around. {38}
Round 37: [sc 17, Inv dec] around. {36}
Round 38: [sc 16, Inv dec] around. {34}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff 40g of pellets into the small pellet bag, place into the bottom of the body (optional).
Fill the body firmly with polyester fiberfill.
Shape the body so that it is flat on the back and round on the front.
Head
With White yarn:
Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring. {6}
Round 2: [Inc] around. {12}
Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around. {18}
Round 4: [Inc, sc 2] around. {24}
Round 5: [Inc, sc 3] around. {30}
Round 6: [Inc, sc 4] around. {36}
Round 7: [Inc, sc 5] around. {42}
Round 8: [Inc, sc 6] around. {48}
Round 9: [Inc, sc 7] around. {54}
Round 10: [Inc, sc 8] around. {60}
Round 11 - 22: sc around. {60}
Round 23: [Inv dec, sc 8] around. {54}
Round 24: [Inv dec, sc 7] around. {48}
Round 25: [Inv dec, sc 6] around. {42}
Round 26: [Inv dec, sc 5] around. {36}
Round 27: [Inv dec, sc 4] around. {30}
Round 28: [Inv dec, sc 3] around. {24}
Install Safety Eyes & Stuff with polyester fillings. Eyes Position: between round 13 and 14, 2nd eye is at 11 sts horizontal from the 1st eye.
Round 29: [Inv dec, sc 2] around. {18}
Round 30: [Inv dec, sc 1] around. {12}
Round 31: [Inv dec] around. {6}
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Nose
With Yellow yarn:
Round 1 - 6: Follow body pattern round 1 to round 6. {44}
Round 7 - 9: sc around. {44}
Round 10: sc 9, Inv dec with 3 sts together, sc 32. {42}
Round 11: sc around. {42}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Ears
Make 2 with Yellow yarn:
Round 1: Sc 5 in magic ring. {5}
Round 2: [Inc] around. {10}
Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around. {15}
Round 4: [Inc, sc 2] around. {20}
Round 5 - 8: sc around. {20}
Round 9: [sc 8, Inv dec] around. {18}
Round 10: [sc 7, Inv dec] around. {16}
Round 11: [sc 6, Inv dec] around. {14}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Flatten the pieces and give them a scooped appearance.
Horns
Make 2 with Brown yarn:
Round 1: Sc 3 in magic ring. {3}
Round 2: [Inc] around. {6}
Round 3: sc around. {6}
Round 4: [Inc, sc 1] around. {9}
Round 5 - 7: [Inc] 2 times, sc 2, [Inv dec] 2 times, sc. {9}
Round 8: sc around. {9}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Fill the horns firmly with polyester fiberfill.
Arms
Make 2 starting with Brown yarn:
Round 1 - 5: Follow Head pattern round 1 to round 5. {30}
Rounds 6 - 10: sc around. {30}
Round 11: [sc 8, Inv dec] around. {27}
Round 12: sc around. {27}
Change yarn color to White.
Round 13: sc around. {27}
Round 14: [sc 7, Inv dec] around. {24}
Round 15 - 16: sc around. {24}
Round 17: [sc 6, Inv dec] around. {21}
Round 18 - 19: sc around. {21}
Round 20: [sc 5, Inv dec] around. {18}
Round 21 - 22: sc around {18}.
Round 23: [sc 4, Inv dec] around. {15}
Round 24 - 35: sc around. {15}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff 10g of pellets into the small pellet bag, place into the palm part of the arms (optional).
Fill the arms firmly with polyester fiberfill.
Legs
Make 2 starting with Brown yarn:
Round 1 - 6: Follow Body pattern round 1 to round 6. {44}
Rounds 7 - 10: sc around. {44}
Round 11: sc 14, Inv dec, sc 12, Inv dec, sc 14. {42}
Round 12: sc 14, Inv dec, sc 10, Inv dec, sc 14. {40}
Round 13: sc 14, Inv dec, sc 8, Inv dec, sc 14. {38}
Round 14: sc 14, Inv dec, sc 6, Inv dec, sc 14. {36}
Round 15: sc 14, Inv dec, sc 4, Inv dec, sc 14. {34}
Round 16: sc 14, Inv dec, sc 2, Inv dec, sc 14. {32}
Round 17: sc 14, Inv dec, Inv dec, sc 14. {30}
Change yarn color to White.
Round 18: sc around. {30}
Round 19: [sc 6, Inv dec] 3 times, sc 6. {27}
Round 20 - 21: sc around. {27}
Round 22: sc 6, [Inv dec, sc 5] 3 times. {24}
Round 23 - 24: sc around. {24}
Round 25: sc 5, Inv dec, sc 10, Inv dec, sc 5. {22}
Round 26 - 27: sc around. {22}
Round 28: sc 5, Inv dec, sc 9, Inv dec, sc 4. {20}
Round 29 - 30: sc around. {20}
Round 31: sc 4, Inv dec, sc 8, Inv dec, sc 4. {18}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff 25g of pellets into the small pellet bag, place into the foot part of the leg (optional).
Fill the arms firmly with polyester fiberfill.
Tail
With White yarn:
ch 4, slst to form a ring.
ch1, sc 4 into the ring. sc around until the tail is 4" long, slst.
Change yarn color to Brown.
ch3, ps3 in each st, slst. Hide both white and brown yarn end into the tail.
ch, Inv dec around, slst, ch
Fasten off. Trim near the knot. Apply tiny craft glue to the end and shape it pointy.
Slightly pull the white and brown yarn end brought from the tip of the tail, tie them closely with the yarn tail at the beginning of the tail, compress the length of the tail so that it curves a little. Knot the yarn to secure nicely.
HOW TO
Mark the first stitch of each round:
If you do not have a stitch marker to mark the beginning of the round, you can always use a short length of yarn to do the marking. Cross the yarn across at the first stitch as your work on each round.
Pull to remove the marking yarn after you have finished the part.
Pellets Stuffing (Optional):
Sometimes we might want to weigh our amigurumi a little heavier on the limbs or other parts of the body, you may use the doll pellets or plastic beads to do that. Just fill the tiny pellets into a small bag, sew to close the opening. I like to use socks to make pellets bag because of the stretchable property of the knit.
ASSEMBLY
- These are the parts of the MooMoo Cow before assembly.
- Place the Nose to the Head of MooMoo Cow, just below the eyes, pin to secure the position.
Sew around with a darning or tapestry needle, stuff the nose with polyester fiberfill at about 1″ before completing the nose sewing. Sew to close the gap after filling.
Make dented points on the nose by stitching them into the head.
- Position the ears and horns, pin and sew.
- Attach the head to the body by sewing them together. I sewed the body a little off to the back of the head so that the back of the head and the back of the body is aligned.
- Flatten the opening of the arm and sew it in between the head and body. Repeat to sew the other side.
- Flatten the opening of the leg and sew it at the side of the body, about round 13 from the bottom.
- Sew the tail to the back of the body.
- Cut out some patches from black felt, sew them onto MooMoo Cow to complete it.
MooMoo the amigurumi cow is special because he can sit and stand on his own, with help from some pellets or beads. All you need is a little sock bag to put them in, then position them into the limbs as you wish.
If you think this is a little too advanced for you, try another farm animal, Mr. Murasaki, the amigurumi owl. He is MooMoo’s good friend and a lot easier to crochet. Both of them are fun to have around the house.
Show me how your cow amigurumi turns out. I would love to hear from you. 
Notes
Depending on the speed and hours you are spending on the project, the total time needed is only an approximation.
Stuff the parts firmly and densely to give a good shape to amigurumi doll.
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Heather
Sunday 24th of May 2020
Hi there! I am a newbie at amigurumi. Moo Moo is just adorable! I am making this for my nephew's son. I am just a bit confused starting with the body. Does this pattern work in continuous rounds without slip stitching at the end of each round? I am on round 2. It says increase, sc 4, correct? Do that 3 times, and then do sc 4 and an increase 2 times. I don't quite see how this adds to 20 stitches in this round.
Craft Passion
Friday 29th of May 2020
It is the same as most amigurumi patterns where you just go round and round without any slst at the end of the round. On the second round, INC means 2 sc in the same stitch; sc 4 means 1 sc in each stitch for the next 4 stitches; [INC] 3 times means that you repeat INC for the next 3 stitches, follow this and you will get 20 stitches in a round.
Kamoce
Monday 28th of October 2019
Thank you for posting this detailed pattern along with pictures. I had so much fun making it! I crocheted the spots for it and also added a small crocheted cowboy hat and crocheted bandana instead of using a ribbon and bell. It’s adorable! Thank you again!
Craft Passion
Tuesday 29th of October 2019
Oh wow, it will be nice if we have a chance to take a look on the cowboy hat MooMoo Cow. Please tag @craftpassion of you are sharing in your social media, or send us the photo via joanne @ craftpassion . com (please remove the space within the email address). Thank you and looking forward to meet your cowboy MooMoo Cow.