There are so many reasons to knit or crochet your own buttons! Do you ever get to the stage of sewing buttons onto your garment and realise you don’t have any suitable ones? Or perhaps you find wood, metal or plastic buttons uncomfortable on some items you wear or even noisy, e.g. cuff buttons that rattle on your desk or table can be distracting.

Matching the buttons to the handmade item can look really elegant and don’t forget that they will be suitable to wash in exactly the same way as the item they’re on without losing their colour, texture or weakening with each laundry cycle.

They’re also a great way to stash bust, using up small yarn scraps left over from past projects and save money over buying readymade ones.

A set of handmade buttons is a great gift for a fellow crafter!

Size
This will depend on the yarn and needles used. There are two sizes; make the smaller size by omitting the repeats (in italics).

Working Method
worked in the round

Requirements

• 3m/yds of your chosen yarn per button
• DPNS or circular needle for your preferred method of working small diameter projects in the round sized slightly smaller than the ones used on the for the yarn.
• yarn needle and scissors

Make it your own
Experiment with different weights, textures and colours of yarn.

Try adding a contrast colour during the assembly stages for a two-tone button. Weave in your ends before assembly.

Try using your buttons as beads or charms to create: a necklace, charm bracelet, keyring, bag charm etc.

Embroider a small flower on your button for a sweet touch to your fastening.

Add a bead centre front whilst attaching the button to an item.