PERFECT FINISH
Worked right at the edge of your fabric, button loops are great
for chunkier yarns or when you’re making coats or bags.
To work a 6ch button loop, work a slip stitch into each stitch
along the fabric edge, to the point where you want a loop.
Instead of working into the next stitch, make 6ch (see right).
Skip half the number of stitches that are in your chain length,
so for 6ch, skip 3 sts. Work a slip stitch into the next st. Turn.
Work 6 double crochet sts into the button loop chain space
(see far right). Slip stitch into the stitch at the base of the chain
length. Fasten off.
A fun alternative to buttonholes...
BUTTON LOOPS
1
Work to the point where you want to create
the buttonhole. To practise on a swatch, we
suggest that you work the first three stitches as
above in double crochet as usual and then place
the buttonhole.
3
Now skip the same number of stitches as
your chain length. If you made 3ch, skip
3 stitches on the row below. Work a dc stitch
into the next stitch and continue working the
stitches in the row as usual.
2
Don’t work into the next stitch. Instead,
make a chain length, which needs to be
slightly shorter than the width of your button.
To practise on a swatch, try 3ch.
4
On the next row, when you return to the
chain length, just work a stitch into each
chain. Alternatively, treat the buttonhole as
a chain space and work the stitches into the
space. See which look you prefer.
If you’re left-handed, follow these steps to make a double crochet buttonhole...
LEFT-HAND