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