5 Fabulous Buttons to Make Any Knitting Project Unique

Does your knitting project need buttons? You could buy them… or you could make them for a truly eye-popping design

Let’s say you’ve just finished knitting a beautiful cardigan. Or a cowl. Or a pair of convertible mitts.

You’re finished… except for the buttons.

You still need to add buttons.

But you don’t have any buttons. Or you do have buttons, but they don’t match, or they’re not quite right for your design.

You could do one of two things. You could… buy new buttons. Or… you could knit them.

Did you know you can knit buttons?

Why Knit Buttons?

1. It’s frugal. Obviously, if you knit buttons, you don’t have to buy them. But better yet, you can use leftover yarn for buttons! After all, buttons require practically no yarn.
2. They’ll match. You can knit enough buttons for your project and always make sure they match perfectly–not only each other, but also your project.
3. They’ll be truly unique. You can use any yarn you’d like, any pattern you’d like, and they’ll be like buttons found on no other project!

Now then: let’s dive into some super-simple patterns for knitting buttons. All of these buttons use very small amounts of yarn, so don’t let that stop you from using any of the adorable patterns below!

Let’s Knit Buttons

Perfect Knitted Acorn: This pattern can be used to create adorable acorn-shaped buttons, but of course it can be used for other purposes as well, and the pattern page for this project shows adorable photos of other potential uses, like jewelry.

Capa De Botao (Button Cover): Just as the name implies, these are button covers you can knit yourself. You’ll need a collection of shank buttons for this, but it’s a great way to give yourself matching buttons for a project.

I-Cord Knot Button: This is one of the cleverest ideas I’ve ever seen. If you can knit I-cord (or even if you never have – I-cords are so easy!), you can make these buttons!

How to Knit Buttons: This is a YouTube tutorial that shows an incredibly simple and quick way to make your own buttons. (You can open the video on YouTube, or you can watch below.)

Easy Buttons: With any weight of yarn and any size needles, you can create these adorable buttons and put those gorgeous starbursts in the center!

With these simple patterns, we can all knit our own buttons for any project!