Cow Applique – Free crochet pattern

Find here a free crochet pattern to make this adorable cow appliqué.

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Look at this cute Cow Applique Crochet Pattern! It is the second pattern for my Farm Crochet appliqués collection! You can use this crochet cow appliqué to personalize a crochet blanket, a crochet bag or even some clothes!  The first one I did was a pig! My dad loved pigs and we used to give anything with pigs on it. So making this little crochet pig made me think of him.

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Crochet cow appliqué

 

Size:

4.5 inches (11 cm)

Material:

• Yarn calling for 5,5 mm / size I hook in: white (main color), black (secondary color) and a small amount of cream and pink yarns
• Size 3.5 mm / size E crochet hook. (you can also use a smaller crochet, I now do my crochet appliqués with a 2.75 mm crochet hook (B/2) – the appliqué will only be a little bit smaller)
• 2 black safety eyes (7.5 mm)
• Stitch markers
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors
• Facultative: Cotton thread in black for the nostrils and the eyebrows

Abbreviations:

• chain (ch)
• magic ring (mr)
• single crochet (sc)
• increase (inc)
• invisible decrease (dec)
• slip stitch (sl st)
• half double crochet (hdc)
• double crochet (dc)

What did I use?

Light worsted yarn.
I used « I love this cotton» from Hobby Lobby.

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Pattern: How do you crochet a Cow appliqué?

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The head – Cow Applique Crochet Pattern

Work in rounds, do not turn unless specified. If needed, use a stitch marker for the first stitch of each round.

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the white (main color).

• Round 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
• Round 2: inc 6 times. (12)
• Round 3: [1 sc in next st, 1 inc in next st] x6. (18)
• Round 4: [1 sc in next 1 st, 1 inc in next st, 1 sc in next 1 st ] x6. (24)
• Round 5: [1 inc in next st, 1 sc in next 3 st] x6. (30)

Cut the yarn, fasten off.

Put the eyes between rounds 2 and 3, spaced by 3 st.

 

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The ears (make 2) – Cow Applique Crochet Pattern

Work in rows.

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the white yarn (main color).

• Row 1: ch 6. (6)
• Row 2: starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc, 1 hdc in the next 2 st, 1 dc in the next 2 st. (5)

Cut the yarn (leave a long tail for sewing).

With your tapestry needle, sew the ears on the head.

 

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The horns (make 2) – Cow Applique Crochet Pattern

Work in rows.

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the beige yarn (main color).

• Row 1: ch 5. (5)
• Row 2: starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sl st, 1 sc in the next 3 st. (4)

Cut the yarn (leave a long tail for sewing).

With your tapestry needle, sew the ears on the head.

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The nose – Cow Applique Crochet Pattern

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the pink yarn (secondary color).

• ch 4. (4)
• Round 1: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next 2 ch, 2 sc in the next ch. Now working on the other side of the chain: 1 sc in the next 2 ch. (6)

Cut the yarn.

Sew the nose below the eyes (see pictures).

With the black pearl cotton and your tapestry needle, make 2 stitches for the nostrils and the eyebrows (I use a double strand of black thread).

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The body – Cow Applique Crochet Pattern

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the white yarn (main color).

Work in rows

• Row 1: ch 7. (7)
• Row 2: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next 6 ch. (6)
• Row 3: ch1, turn; 1 inc, 1 sc in the next 4 st, 1 inc. (8)
• Rows 4 to 10: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (8)
• Row 11: ch1, turn; 1 dec, 1 sc in the next 4 st, 1 dec. (6)
• Rows 12 to 13: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (6)
• Row 14: ch1, turn; 1 sc in the next 2 st, 1 dec, 1 sc in the next 2 st. (5)
• Row 15: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (5)
• do not turn, make 1 sc evenly all around (you do not want to crochet to tight for this part – you can also use a bigger size crochet). (approx. 32 st)

Cut the yarn (leave a long tail to sew the head on).

 

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The back legs (make 2) – Cow Applique Crochet Pattern

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the black yarn (secondary color).

• Round 1: start 5 sc in a magic ring. (5)
• Round 2: [1 inc in all st]. (10)

Change for the white yarn (main color):

• Round 3: [1 sc in the next st, 1 inc in the next st] x5. (15)

We will now be working in row:

• Row 4: 1 sc in the next 3 st. (3)
• Row 5: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (3)
• Rows 6-7: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (3)

Cut the yarn (leave a long tail for sewing).

With your tapestry needle, sew the back legs behind the body. You only want to see the feet from the front (see pictures below).

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The front legs (make 2)

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the black yarn (secondary color).

• Row 1: ch 4. (4)
• Row 2: starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in all st. (3)
• Rows 3: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (3)

Change for the white yarn (main color):

• Rows 4 to 14: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (3)

Cut the yarn (leave a long tail for sewing).

With your tapestry needle, sew the front legs to the front of the body (see picture below).

Sew the head over the body.

With the black yarn and the tapestry needle, make some black spots at different places on the head and body.

All done! I hope you enjoyed this pattern! Don’t forget to show me your work, it does encourage me to create more patterns.

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Cow Applique – Free crochet pattern

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