Crochet Button

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  Step 1

  Materials needed.
  Plastic (I used the lid from an ice-cream container), shape to trace ( I used a button that was the size I needed for my project), marker/texta to trace with, preferably a thin tipped one, hole punch, scissors, yarn, hook and sewing needle.

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  Step 2

  Trace your shape

  Using your thin tip marker, trace your shape then cut it out.

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  Step 3

  Mark holes for punching

  These holes are used for sewing your button on.

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  Step 4

  Sewing view.

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  Step 5

  Colour your plastic button, optional

  Depending on the yarn you use, the colour of the plastic may show through, so you may want to colour the plastic a colour similar to your yarn.

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  Step 6

  Now to crochet the cover for your new button

  Using the magic ring technique (this forms a tighter close for the beginning ring)
  6 sc into ring, (do not join rounds through-out)
  2 sc into each sc around, (12 sc)
  1 sc through back loops only in each sc around (12 sc)
  1 sc through both loops around (12 sc)
  Place plastic button into your crocheted work
  sc 2 together around (6 sc)
  Fasten off leaving long tail for sewing.

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  Step 7

  Beginning side

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  Step 8

  Finishing side

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  Step 9

  Thread tail for sewing

  You sew the button on from either side up or down, it depends on the look you want.
  When you are sewing on your new button, coming out from the top, you may need to weave under to get to the next hole, so as not to expose you sewing yarn.

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  Step 10

  These are some buttons I prepared earlier for a neck warmer I made

  Now this is a simple button to make, it can be made smaller or larger by adding or subtracting the sc from your beginning ring and also by subtracting or adding more sc rows.

  You may want to dress up your new button a little, by using your knowledge of crochet techniques.

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madwhimsy 8th May 2012

Brilliant! I buy a lot of berries at the grocery and have been pondering what I could do with the clear plastic boxes they come in, besides shrinky dinks, which aren't my thing. This is a great excuse to accidentally buy too many blueberries. Thanks for the idea and your well-worded instructions & amusing photos. I'm thinking of skipping the hole punching and using the yarn tail on the back side as a shank.

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Glenda A. 30th May 2010

Love this idea! Gives me all kinds of possibilities for small price. Thanks for sharing.

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Mirriam Rachele · Sydney, New South Wales, AU · 2 projects 1st February 2010

Oh very clever! I'm planning on chopping up and changing an old dress and I was wondering what sort of buttons to use- these will be perfect and inexpensive. Thanks so much! =D

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Roma · 19 projects 3rd June 2008

I couldn't see any buttons- but then I realised they're the same yarn aren't they! So they're hidden! That's so clever!

Thankyou for your great tutorial.

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