Easy Yarnover Buttonholes 2 ways // Technique Tuesday

[@jillbrown8164]

This video is, by far, the best example of how to do a buttonhole on ribbing. Simple, easy to follow examples and it was as if a lightbulb went on over my head/EUREKA!!!! Thank you so very much!!

[@sckanchila]

Great instructions. Have spent ages getting button holes right. This video did the trick. Thank you : )

[@dorothyrockwell8157]

Every time I am stuck you are there pulling me out of the quagmire of uncertainty. Thanks.

[@melissajenkins9960]

You are who I always come to when working on knit cardigans, since they’re so new to me. I followed a pattern with gauge and sizing and it still came out big. So I’m going to modify the ribbed band to a buttonhole band I think, so that it will close nicely. Thank you!

[@123lauraj1]

Thank you Roxanne, this video was perfect in timing for the cardigan I am knitting now.

[@marysunshine389]

Excellent video. I try to check videos with the latest record dates because techniques improve so much as years go by. Very clear and easy to follow. Thank you.

[@kimvoisard7947]

Thank you for this video Roxanne. It helped me a lot, great instructions! :)

[@RobynWills]

Absolutely love your video. Made my nightmare so simple. Easy to follow and well explained. Thank you so much!

[@sarag1158]

I had been avoiding patterns that have buttonholes. This is very clear.

[@carolinepepper7947]

Thank you, a really clear tutorial that has helped me finish the button holes on my latest knitting project.

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Glad it helped!

[@AdaB2023]

Thank you Roxane for your technique videos! This one is again very helpful. I’m well on my way to become a perfect knitter 😊

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Wonderful!

[@kristad9016]

Thank you! So helpful, doing a K2P2 rib on the barnstaple vest, and using the raku ceramic buttons I’ve been hoarding for 5 years or so. 😊 They are square, and chunkier than regular buttons, so definitely need a bigger buttonhole than one YO will provide.

[@joanthompson6118]

Finally!!! This is purrrfect for my project!! Sweater button band in k2p2 ribbing 😃 can’t tell how many videos I have watched over the past several days 🥴 You saved me!! Thanks again...❌❌⭕️⭕️

[@LAM-eh6oe]

Thank goodness for this video, I’m new to knitting and following a pattern telling me to make a buttonhole but l couldn’t see that it said to increase after, now l know the yarn over will be the increase! 😊 Thank you 🙏🏻

[@Torks23]

Thanks

[@RoxanneRichardson]

You're welcome! :-)

[@cookitalianwithdavide3511]

Thanks Roxanne, super clear! I always learn something new with you and my projects are improving a lot!!

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Wonderful!

[@Norma54414]

You are the best teacher ever!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@clairepella6979]

A super clear and helpful video! This is only my third project and I'm trying to add a buttonhole that's not in the pattern, I think I should actually be able to do it now. Thanks!

[@RomiW]

This is awesome!! Thanks!😊❤

[@RoxanneRichardson]

You are so welcome!

[@juliag3322]

Thank you so much for the clear demonstration. I have just had to unpick my button hole band after getting into difficulty with the buttonholes. I am sure that I will now be able to do it right with your instructions in front of me. My pattern just said k2tog,yo which was pretty useless for a novice on buttonholes!

[@debbiecote9221]

Thank You for this easy to understand and use technique, short, easy, and it works.

[@rachelraye285]

Wow! I should have watched this first! Thank you!!!

[@juttagesekus7856]

Best explained video ever !!

[@angeldon6]

Thank you. Your videos are very helpful.

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Glad you like them!

[@Torks23]

Always great clear instructions

[@kimwilliams9167]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I found it so helpful.

[@RoxanneRichardson]

You're very welcome!

[@nazankaya611]

Super tutorial, thank you

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Glad you liked it

[@thedoron2]

Excellent explanation. Thanks

[@kymclinton3140]

Thank I'm making a waistcoat but as my wool was on offer I got a lot last year and I've decided I want sleeves added as and when I need them so I'll add the button holes on the sleeves and the buttons on the drop shoulder waist coat I used a pattern for the number of sticthes but have done my own pattern

[@valanthony7369]

Thankyou, very well explained.😃

[@Knittingconner]

Madam you are genius I love your video it’s really so helpful in my knitting 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@samanthadry9214]

thank you, good instructions.

[@gayathriramdas4342]

Thank You Very Much 💖

[@gailecob]

Really helpful thanks

[@janegarnier5693]

Thank you. Most helpful.

[@theastewart6721]

Great video Roxanne! I haven’t made many button holes so this is very helpful for me! Thank you!

[@RoxanneRichardson]

You are so welcome!

[@theastewart6721]

🤗🤗

[@jennyalderman5858]

Helpful, thank you.

[@katibere1966]

Thank you Roxanne!!

[@shiranthimadanayake4602]

Thankyou 🥰🥰

[@LR-ex7gp]

Is there a demonstration showing knitting with the yarn in the right hand throughout? I'm a total beginner at buttonholes but the yarn in the left hand confuses me.

[@simonmao6378]

THANK YOU👍👍🌷🙏

[@jenniefreestone2911]

I thought I had this straight in my head after watching your video, but now I’m not sure again because I’m working a K1P1 rib band but for the button hole the pattern wants me to cast off 2 stitches. I’m so confused which technique to use!

[@RoxanneRichardson]

There are lots of ways to make buttonholes. Your pattern is calling for a method that is different from the YO method.

[@beatnikqueen]

Thanks you !!

[@ibrahimbasit9693]

Is this method in 1 into1for small button hole or big one....

[@marjoriebell198]

Are you familiar with June Hammond Hiatt’s variation on the eyelet buttonhole? In her book (Principles of Knitting), she calls it the Narrow Eyelet Buttonhole. It’s a bit fussier to make but looks much better and is also more durable. This is also the small buttonhole that Catherine Lowe teaches in her classes.

[@annabellebannister9661]

This is Annabelle again. I guess there is no way for me to attach a picture of my work so that people could see what the problem is or so that Roxanne could see it, is there?

[@ebonypegasus9864]

Thank you, the stupid pattern I had just wanted me to stretch the rib to make the button holes which was... NAH just messy and innefective so I used this technique with sucess instead.

[@connieschmittauer5581]

Thank you so much. I have made button holes, but they always looked so messy or didn't line up with the other side of the sweater and now I know why! I didn't know the YO's were to replace the purl stitches. Question for you. What are the knitting needles you were using in this video? They are beautiful!

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Glad I could help! I typically mention in the video description things like yarn and needles used. Let me know if you don't see them listed.

[@kevendruzy6658]

Thank you, I am using this to make my Harry Styles cardign

[@enacrt]

"Title" RICHARDSON, Roxanne. 2020.

[@annabellebannister9661]

Could anyone help me if Roxanne doesn’t see this? Dear Roxanne. I dearly hope that you can help me. I am making a child’s sweater which calls for k2p2 pattern on the button band. I tried to do the wool forward k2tog to make my buttonholes, and they looked beautiful. The problem was that as I continued to knit, I became aware of certain places on right side of the button band, where it looked as if there was a pearl where a knit should’ve been. Do you think that was caused by the fact that sometimes when I had to knit two together, it was a knit and a pearl stitch? I can give you a picture of my work. I can also give you the pattern that I am working on. I would be grateful for your help or if there is anyone else there who could help me, I would be so very thankful. It is pattern SIRDAR 1928, size 1-2 years. My name is Annabelle.

[@RoxanneRichardson]

The video demonstrates a single YO buttonhole in a k1p1 pattern and a double YO buttonhole in a k2p2 pattern. Are you doing the YOs on the RS of the work? Are you trying to do a single YO buttonhole in your k2p2 fabric? If you're doing the YOs on the WS, or if you're doing a single YO in k2p2 fabric, you may need a different strategy. If you need more help with this, you can always post your question in my Ravelry Group, Rox Rocks, along with a photo of the problem. There is always a link to my Ravelry group in the video description of every video.

[@annabellebannister9661]

Dear Roxanne. I cannot tell you how shocked and deeply grateful I am that you wrote back to me right away. You are an amazing lady already in my eyes. I am so desperate for your help. Is it okay if I reply to the message you wrote 15 years ago in your Rox Rocks group on Revelry? As long as I know you will see it, I will do that.

[@RoxanneRichardson]

@@annabellebannister9661 I don't recommend replying to a 15 year old post. Create a *new* post, give it an appropriate title, and then explain what it is you're having problems with.

[@annabellebannister9661]

@@RoxanneRichardson Okay. Thank you.

[@annabellebannister9661]

Okay Roxanne. I started a new topic. I hope I did it correctly.