This time last year, I had on my to-do list to design a shaggy-looking highland cow. Then one of my favorite designers published one! Hilde the Highland Cow was just right!
I made one up within days of the pattern coming out, and just kept on making them, as they have been a best-seller in my shop.
I'm using this post to show some of the different color combinations that are available. You can do the head and muzzle the same color, or go with a lighter muzzle. You can go with realistic cow colors, or fun colors (I think I've sold four pink cows!)
The pattern has a crocheted bell, but I found little metal cow bells that jingle when they move, and offer them as an option (gold or silver tone)
I think my favorite are the orange ones!
This is a thinner brown/gold tweedy yarn that I held double to get the same size as my other cows.
This guy is Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn Stonewash in Walnut, with an off-white muzzle
I think this one is Toasted Almond
This is the same brown/gold yarn as the first picture, but made with a single strand of yarn and a smaller hook. Such a tiny little bundle of cuteness!
Gray, camel and brown/gold
Pink/white tweed cow with pink/white tweed muzzle, almond cow with almond muzzle
This is made with "Desert Glaze" orange
Chocolate brown with tan muzzle
Pink cow with off-white muzzle
This shows the three different choices for bells
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I put little nostrils on the muzzle of this guy.
More colors are coming... after all, the verse "I've never seen a purple cow, I hope I never see one..." has been running through my head!
Added to my shop 4/8/21
A new burnt orange cow was added to my listing 4/13.
Onyx, a black cow with a dark brown muzzle, was added 4/18. He's a cool dude who likes to sweep his bangs to the side from time to time.
Pinkie - Added 6/15/21
Cam (yarn color is "Camel"), added 6/13/21
Grayson, added 6/24/21
Sherbet (made with Retro Stripes yarn) takes on a different look depending on where the colors shift.
Dilly Dilly is made with a bulky color-change yarn, so he's about 10" tall.
The yarn I used for Silky worked up beautifully for his hair!
Punky Mooster was a custom order.
Chocolate Brown with an off-white muzzle
Toasted almond with white patches. Off-white muzzle, a little white added to hair.
Looking to order your own mini highland cow? Here's my Etsy listing:
Happy Birthday, Hilde! My Facebook memories today said that I was starting my first Hilde the Highland Cow. Since then, I think I've made 28 of them! I made a collage from my Ravelry projects:
4/21/22, I think I'm up to 44 cows made...
Calypso was made with Retro Stripes yarn, focusing on the green, blue and yellow sections. He went into my shop 10/10/23. I think he is the 50th Hilde I've made!
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