Highland Cow Sketch Sweatshirt: Embroidered Shaggy Highland Cow Head in the Thread Color You Choose

This Highland cow sketch sweatshirt shows a Highland cow face to face: long wavy locks falling over its eyes, a broad nose and soft muzzle peeking out underneath, and two long curved horns sweeping up on each side. The whole head is drawn like a pencil sketch, with hundreds of fine lines in a single thread color, so it looks hand-drawn rather than printed. It is a ready-made design: choose the color and size, change the thread color if you like, add a name or icon on the sleeve, and we stitch it to order. Every stitch is 100% real embroidery, stitched into the fabric rather than printed.

What is on the Highland cow sketch sweatshirt?

The Highland cow sketch sweatshirt has 2 parts:

• The front: a shaggy Highland cow head with long curved horns, sketched in one thread color and centered on the chest.
• The sleeve (optional): a name, initials or short word and an icon from the font and icon chart, in the font and thread color you choose, on the left or right sleeve.

Which color should you choose?

Pick a color in the options above and the photos switch to it, so you can see the design on that color before you order.

Each color comes with the thread shown in its photo unless you ask for another one. The fine sketch lines need contrast, so a dark thread suits the light colors and a light or bright thread suits the dark colors.

Can you choose a different thread color?

Yes. Type the thread color you want in the Design Thread Color box, or leave it blank for the thread shown in the photo of your sweatshirt color. Pick any color from the thread color chart in the photos; the photo of the Sand sweatshirt with navy thread shows how much a different thread changes the look. Your free design proof shows the cow in the thread you chose before we stitch.

How do you order your sweatshirt?

To order your sweatshirt, follow 5 steps:

• Choose the sweatshirt color and size in the options above.
• Type a thread color for the cow, or leave the box blank for the thread in the photo.
• Choose whether to add sleeve embroidery.
• If you add it, type the name or initials, then pick the icon, font, thread color and sleeve.
• Add it to your cart; we email a free design proof before we stitch.

How do you add a name or icon on the sleeve?

Sleeve embroidery is optional and goes on one sleeve. Type a short name or your initials and pick an icon, a font and a thread color from the charts in the photos, or leave the icon off. White thread is preselected because it reads best on the dark colors; pick a dark thread for the light colors.

Is it a shaggy Highland cow sweatshirt in a rustic Scottish style?

Yes. The long fringe of hair over the eyes is what makes a Highland cow, the “Highland coo” of the Scottish Highlands, and the sketch keeps every shaggy lock. It works as a shaggy Highland cow sweatshirt for farm life and a rustic Highland cow sweatshirt for cabin weekends, and as a Scottish Highland cow sweatshirt for anyone with family ties to Scotland. The design has no words on it, so you can wear it all year.

Is it a good gift?

Yes. It suits a Highland cow lover, a farm or ranch family, a friend who collects everything cow, or someone who loves Scotland. Choose the sweatshirt in their favorite color, set the thread to match their style, and find more ideas in our animal lover gifts.

Is there a hoodie or T-shirt version?

No. This design comes only on the crewneck sweatshirt, so the color and size options above are all for that sweatshirt.

What happens after you order?

We email you a free digital design proof, and you can ask for unlimited edits. Once you approve it, we embroider your sweatshirt to order and ship it from the USA; the estimated delivery date is shown on this page. For a birthday or a holiday, order at least two weeks ahead.

Which size should you choose?

Each piece is made to order, so it is not eligible for size exchanges. Open the size guide on this page and compare the measurements with a top you already own before you order; we suggest sizing up if you are between sizes.

How should you wash an embroidered sweatshirt?

To keep the embroidery bright and flat, follow 4 steps:

• Turn the sweatshirt inside out before washing.
• Wash it cold on a gentle cycle.
• Tumble dry low or hang it to dry.
• Iron on the reverse side, never directly on the embroidery.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Highland cow printed or embroidered?

It is embroidered. Every sketch line of the cow and the sleeve name is stitched in thread, so the design has a raised texture you can feel and will not crack or peel like a print.

Are there other Highland cow designs?

Yes. The floral Highland cow sweatshirt fills a Highland cow with wildflowers, the Highland cow Christmas sweatshirt adds a holly crown on the left chest, and more farm animals are in our animal lover gifts.

Can the cow have more than one thread color?

No. The sketch is stitched in one thread color, which keeps its hand-drawn look, so choose the one color you like best in the Design Thread Color box.