Button Street

Buttons can call to the crafter as much as pretty skeins of yarn. We can’t resist their siren song, we stash them…and then can’t figure out what to use them for. Button Street was born of a need to use a set of beautiful buttons that wanted to come out to play. Set on a canvas of stockinette stitch in a hand dyed semi-solid yarn, the buttons take center stage while the fitted silhouette skims the lines of the body to flatter the figure.
Button Street is worked from the shoulders down with set-in sleeves that are created simultaneously with the upper bodice. Only a few stitches are picked up at the top of the sleeve cap, and carefully placed increases shape the sleeves and bodice. A photo tutorial is included with the pattern to help you along. Once the underarm is reached, the sleeve stitches are placed onto waste yarn, and the construction proceeds as with all other types of top-down sweaters. Instructions include both a hip-length (pocket-less) version, and a pocketed, tunic length.