Hamish McCoo Highland Cattle by Mauskito

Hamish McCoo Highland Cattle

Crochet
December 2025
both are used in this pattern
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in sc
2.5 mm
219 - 383 yards (200 - 350 m)
US
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Description
Bring a piece of Scottish charm into your home!
With these detailed PDF crochet instructions, you can crochet your own little shaggy Highland cow, Hamish. With his fluffy coat and cute face, Hamish is a real eye-catcher—perfect as a decoration, gift, or cuddly toy.

Skills Required / What You’ll Receive

  • Chain (ch)
  • Turning chain (tch)
  • Single crochet (sc)
  • double crochet (dc)
  • half double crochet (hdc)
  • slip stitch ( sl st)
  • Increase/double crochet (inc)
  • Decrease/join stitches (dec)
  • everything between { } is repeated until the end of the round (RE) or as often as stated (e.g. x3)
  • Change of direction (CD!)
  • Back loop only (BLO) and front loop only (FLO)

Difficulty level:
Easy to medium
Basic crochet skills (single crochet, increases/decreases, working in spiral rounds) are required

Size Information
The finished Hamish is approx. 11.8“ long and 5.9“ tall when made with the specified wool.

Materials List

  • Crochet hook size 2.5
  • combable yarn (I used Schachenmayr Bravo Softy color: fox) with a yardage of 50 g/140 m, normal (so non-combable) yarn (Schachenmayr Bravo) colors: beige and brown
  • Filling cotton
  • 2 amigurumi eyes with a diameter of 0.4“