How to Crochet Highland Cow Chocolate Orange Cover for Holiday Gifting

Learn how to crochet a Highland cow orange chocolate cover, a lovely gift idea for Thanksgiving with a step-by-step tutorial from Crochet With Greta. It is designed to fit snugly over a chocolate orange or any round gift featuring horns, curly hairs, and other features of the Highland cow.

The use of multiple types of yarns including velvety chenille body and worsted cotton for horns and hairs gives it a professional feel. The complete guide for crocheting this Highland cow gift cover will be available at the end of this post while you can learn more about this interesting project below.

Crochet Highland Cow Chocolate Orange Cover

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Skills Used: The tutorial highlights essential crochet skills such as creating a magic ring, working single crochets, and increasing stitches for shaping. It also demonstrates advanced techniques, including styling yarn for curly hair using PVA glue, achieving symmetry in assembly, and using multiple yarn textures and hook sizes to crochet horns and ears.

Guide Span: 51 Minutes Only

Personalization Tips: You can learn how to alter the curliness of hair for the cow. Whie you can change the size of the cover for small or large treats by adjusting the yarn for the main body. But then you will also need to change it for other parts.

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Crochet Highland Cow Tutorial

This detailed tutorial crochets a Highland Cattle-themed cover for a chocolate orange and any other candy. The instructor breaks down the process into clear steps, from crocheting the head and assembling horns and ears to styling curly hair for added flair. With an emphasis on customization, this project is beginner-friendly. Here is a quick overview of this tutorial:

Crocheting the Head, Ears, and Horns: The head is crocheted using a magic ring, single crochets, and rounds with gradual increases. Ears and horns are similarly crocheted using smaller hooks for detailed shaping.
Adding Curly Hair: To create the cow’s signature curly hair, strands of yarn are looped and styled with PVA glue for a fluffy and textured look. This step allows for creative freedom, enabling you to adjust the length and style of the curls.
Final Assembly: After completing all the parts, the horns, ears, and hair are sewn onto the head. The chocolate orange is inserted inside, providing a sturdy structure and making it a perfect gift for chocolate lovers.

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Stitch Guide

Following are the stitches abbreviations that the tutor uses for crocheting this highland cow cover:

SC (Single Crochet): Insert hook, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through both loops.
Inc (Increase): Make two single crochet stitches in the next stitch.
Dec (Decrease): Insert hook into the next stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, insert hook into the following stitch, yarn over, pull up another loop (three loops on hook), yarn over, pull through all three loops.