{"id":1310,"date":"2011-10-16T16:58:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T15:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2019-06-07T18:03:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T18:03:19","slug":"buttonhole-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/2011\/10\/buttonhole-belt\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttonhole Belt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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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<\/strong> the buttonholes — which means that it is endlessly adjustable.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Materials<\/h3>\n

Approx 20gm worsted\/aran cotton yarn
\n5mm hook
\n1.25″ button<\/p>\n

Abbreviations<\/h3>\n

ch: chain<\/a>
\nsc: single crochet<\/a>
\nsk: skip
\nsl: slip stitch<\/a>
\nst: stitch<\/p>\n

Directions<\/strong>
\nFoundation row: Ch 124
\nRow 1: Starting at 2nd ch from hook, sc across to last st & turn.
\nRow 2: Ch1, sc across to last st & turn.
\nRow 3: Ch1, *3sc, ch3, skip 3** rpt from * to ** until last 3 sts, 3sc & turn.
\nRow 4: Repeat row 2
\nRow 5: Repeat row 2
\nRow 6: Ch1, sc across to last st but do NOT<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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