Technique - Buttonhole Band

 

Buttonhole Bands

The buttonhole band is worked with straight needles, back and forth.

The buttonhole band always has less stitches than the number of stitches in the body of the garment so that it is pulled taut. eg for a cowl with 60 stitches you would pick up 50 stitches along the outer edge stitch of the steek for the buttonhole bands.

After picking up the correct number of stitches along the steek edge, work one row of ribbing. In the second row of ribbing, work the buttonholes (below), then in the 3^rd and 4^th rows, continue the ribbing.

Buttonholes:

·        Knit 1, slip 1 PSSO, slip 1 PSSO, slip 1 PSSO. (or as many as needed).

·        Slip last bound off stitch onto L needle and turn work.

·        Cast-on 3 + 1 stitches, wrapping the two yarn colours (if using) between each cast-on stitch to ensure there are no floats across the buttonhole.

·        Turn work, slip the last stitch cast-on onto the L need. Work this and the next stitch together so that the rib remains correct. Ie stitches bound off = stitches cast-on.