Handmade Buttons (Dorset Buttons)

Sometimes it's frustrating when you can't find the right buttons for the garment you have knitted. This is a really easy way to make individual buttons for knitwear. For the buttons I used brass curtain rings, I think you can get plastic ones and these might be more practical when it comes to washing the garment. For the yarn i used wool and embroidery thread. I hope the photograph below showing the process is self-explanatory. First you cover a ring using what I would describe as a blanket stitch. Then create a spoke like framework. Make sure you have an uneven number of spokes, this enables you to then weave your thread in and out of the spokes. The really creative part is choosing the colours that will compliment your garment.