Knitting Help - Buttonholes

This technique is a very simple way to put buttonholes in your work. The technique is the same, regardless of the size of buttons you are using and your gauge...you will just want to bind-off/cast-on more stitches for a bigger buttonhole.

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• knit
• handknit
• tutorial
• lesson
• instruction
• yarn
• button
• buttonhole
• backwards loop
• cast-on
• bind-off

[MyPatchwork63]

Thanks very much for the demo on buttonholes. I've tried half a dozen or more on the net and yours is the simplest, clearest and only one that enabled me to actually knit a recognizable buttonhole. Yahoo! I'm getting ready to visit your website. I'm working on one of my NYRs to learn to knit. With help from folks like you, there is hope :)

[verypinkknits]

@MyPatchwork63 Great! Thanks for the comment. I'm glad the video is helping. :)

[tgbarnett1]

Um...the only reason viewers search out videos like these are to closely look at the process and technique. I am not interested in how fast you can perform the process. It's totally useless information if you can't slow it down enough for people to actually see what you're doing

[verypinkknits]

@tgbarnett1 I'm sorry you feel that it is too fast. This technique has less to do with the details of stitches involved, and more to do with the assembly of those stitches that make up a buttonhole. If you're looking for slow demonstrations of the stitches used (knitting, purling, binding-off, or the backwards-loop cast-on), those techniques can be found in other videos on my channel.  This video shows how to put those stitches together to make a 3-row buttonhole.

[ourfoursons4]

Thank you so much for this video! The pattern I have for a towel topper (late Christmas presents) calls for a buttonhole. I can't remember the last time I did a buttonhole. The pattern said to do YO2. This ended up being sloppy/loose looking, I didn't like it.

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I am looking forward to the Men's Sweater and Ear Flap Cap!

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[sammamagga]

Thank you, this is the best method I've found on you tube. :-)

[elisehweeks]

Thank you so much for this! I was struggling to find a good method to use in a seed stitch cowl. This works great so there aren't any wonky double-ups of any stitches and flows very nicely into the pattern. Simple and perfect!

[dborgman59]

Excellent explanation!



[cdanielshafer]

Thank you... this was very helpful!

[verypinkknits]

@amylynnswarbrick Sorry you found it too fast. Please understand that this video is meant to show the overall technique of a simple buttonhole, and not the specific techniques used. If you need help with the specific techniques (knitting, purling, binding off, backwards loop cast on) I have separate videos on each of those that demonstrate them each slowly.

[NedNita]

thanks for the help.... it was weird watching you at first cos i'm dorky handed when it comes to knitting ,,, while you put your yarn round with ur right hand i do it with my left!!! but after watching you a few times it was easy to do......thanks again :)

[mhuyen123]

Thank you, although it's a little fast but very helpful because I hold the yarn in the right hand too :)