How to craft YARN BUTTONS!
Hi guys I'm Kristen. Yarn buttons are a really fun
crafty idea I wanted to share with you. Anyone can make these, no knitting
required. I love that it's both a yarn stash-buster and an upcycled project
something old is new again and super cute. These yarn buttons look great on
knitted items it's also a good way to spruce up old fashion items: a purse
jacket sweater pillow the possibilities are endless! If you're a knitter and plan
to add new yarn buttons to your knitwear definitely go check out my video on how
to make buttonholes and go ahead and save this craft project to your Pinterest board.
For our materials, we are using yarn, scrap yarn any kind of yarn
you'd like you can use three colors two colors one color whatever you'd like to
do and for our rings I'm using a split key chain ring they work great any other
sort of metal or hard ring in any size that you'd like will work I found this
other one here in a jewelry section of a craft store. You'll also want a tapestry needle and scissors.
Step one: the ring wrap begin by cutting a length of scrap
yarn I'm doing about 26 inches for the size and then thread it through your
tapestry needle my split key rings are working perfectly because they easily
hold your yarn in place during this first step if you're using just a
regular ring go ahead hold that short little yarn tail down with your finger
and then work the blanket stitch all around your ring so you bring your
tapestry needle up through the ring and over then thread it down and through
that resulting yarn loop keep repeating this blanket stitch making sure to wrap
over that little yarn tail help keep it securely in place once you've completely
covered your ring thread your yarn through those knots a couple of times to
secure it and then just cut it off the knots from the blanket stitch will be on
the outside of your ring, so use your fingers and gently
guide them to be within the inside of your ring so that the yarn wrap is on the outside.
step 2: making a spiderweb so cut a second piece
of yarn I'm doing pink and about 20 inches in length is good so we create a
slip knot right in the center of our yarn if a slipknot is new to you I have
a full video tutorial go check it out I have a link in the description below and
then place your ring within that slip knot. Wrap your yarn ends around the ring
to create a total of eight equilateral radial spokes from the center so wrap it
and tie it off in the back right here and these two tails of yarn they can be
used to hold your new button in place for the next step as well as an easy way
to then sew your button in place onto your selected garment.
step 3: backstitch weaving cut your third piece of yarn again I'm doing about 20 inches
in length and thread it through your tapestry needle now work the back stitch
to weave this third strand of yarn through your spider web spokes.
So starting close to the center begin by wrapping your yarn over the spokes and
then around and around so we go back over the one spoke and under the two
over that one spoke and then under the two repeat this process until your ring
is full of stitching when you have finished weaving the yarn to your
satisfaction fasten it in the back with just a few stitches and knots. Then clip
off the yarn tails from that third strand of yarn and you are done!
I hope you are inspired to try these crafty yarn buttons.
Thank you so much for watching, guys, and I'll see you next time. Bye!