[NFB-Blind-Crafters] Dorset buttons

[carcione at access.net]

Hi Naima.

I don’t know anything about loom knitting or flower looms, but the size ring we used as beginners was 1.5 inches.  But the presenter said people could use any size they wanted, from a half-inch to something big to hang on a wall.

Tracy

 

 

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Hello Tracy,

 

 

What size ring do you recommend for a flower loom? I was surprised that I could loom knit these, but I don’t know the exact weight of yarn to use?

 

Thanks Naima

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On Dec 3, 2024, at 8:28 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfb-blind-crafters at nfbnet.org> > wrote:



Last night I learned the basics of making Dorset buttons.  Amazingly, a member of the local knitters’ guild is the world-wide expert on these buttons.  

I never heard of these buttons before, or really of making buttons, so it was very interesting.

Basically, you need a ring and a skein of pearl-cotton thread or fingering yarn.  You make half-hitches with the yarn to cover the ring, then make spokes by wrapping the yarn from 1 side to the other, like a clock, then weave the yarn through the spokes to fill in the center.  

Pretty simple, once I got it.  Children used to make them, as well as adults, to make money for the family.

Of course, there are fancier variations, but that’s the basic.

And now I know, roughly, how to make my own buttons!  Though she said it’s much harder than it used to be to get inexpensive rings of decent quality.

Tracy

 

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