Tips for Adding a Button to Your Crochet Project

First Brenda shows us how to make and add a “button anchor” to the wrong side of the button band. This simple technique uses just a small amount of yarn, but makes a huge difference in keeping the button band looking good. Next, Brenda shows us how to begin stitching a button to our project when using thread. She shares a great trick for keeping the anchoring knot in the thread from slipping through the yarn. Brenda explains that if your button does not have a shank on it, that you will need to make a shank out of thread so that there is enough room behind your button for the button-hole side of your fabric to sit.

She also shows us how to use a crochet hook as a place holder while stitching the button to your fabric, and then after removing the hook, winding the thread around the button’s stitches to create a shank. Brenda also shares some options for knotting off the thread and burying the tails inside your crochet for a very secure polished finish.