Buttonhole Belt
I had 50gms of worsted, hand-painted, cotton in my stash that was a lovely colour but was really too coarse to incorporate into a garment. It seemed best suited to a belt but I don’t like belts that tie. And I didn’t have a nice buckle lying Round either. What I did have was quite a few large, odd, buttons. So I began to play with the idea of a belt that buttoned rather than buckled.
But… hang on… getting the buttonhole in just the right place could be tricky. A belt that was too tight or too loose is no good at all. Added to which, crochet belts tend to stretch with wear — which, ideally, would mean a movable buttonhole. That’s when the Buttonhole Belt was born. In this belt, the pattern is the buttonholes — which means that it is endlessly adjustable.
Although I made this one using a single oolour, there’s no reason why it couldn’t be striped — making it an excellent stashbuster as each row only takes a few grams. It also gives you a chance to use up those pretty, over-large buttons that you’re bound to have lying around.
To make a shorter (or longer) belt, simply reduce (or increase) the number of stitches in the foundation row by multiples of 6 stitches. The hook size is deliberately a little smaller than you might normally use so that the final belt is fairly dense.
Materials
Approx 20gm worsted/aran cotton yarn
5mm hook
1.25″ button
Abbreviations
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
sk: skip
sl: slip stitch
st: stitch
Directions
Foundation row: Ch 124
Row 1: Starting at 2nd ch from hook, sc across to last st & turn.
Row 2: Ch1, sc across to last st & turn.
Row 3: Ch1, *3sc, ch3, skip 3** rpt from * to ** until last 3 sts, 3sc & turn.
Row 4: Repeat row 2
Row 5: Repeat row 2
Row 6: Ch1, sc across to last st but do NOT turn. Continue in sc around end of belt, sc along the back of foundation row and around the other end of the belt. Sl st to beginning of row & then fasten off.
Is it okay to sell belts made from this pattern at a flea market?
Sure! I have no problems with that. 🙂