[NFB-Blind-Crafters] Dorset buttons

[terrypowers59 at gmail.com]

We have used worsted yarn for flowers!

 

Terry

 

 

From: NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Naima Leigh via NFB-Blind-Crafters
Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 4:45 PM
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Cc: Naima Leigh <sydia12 at icloud.com>
Subject: Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Dorset buttons

 

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> 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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