1/4Button Covers
Original design by @半颗织泡
Button covers that dress your shirt buttons as a dog, cat or mouse — each head sandwiches a real button between two crocheted circles, with a flower base variant too.
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Yarn
- 4-ply / fingering
- Time
- 1 hour each
Materials
- Susu 4-ply cotton: grey 11, black 21, blue 55, yellow 09, deep brown 26Amazon ↗
- Shirt buttons to coverAmazon ↗
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Stitches used: ch, sc, inc, dec, hdc, dc, sl st, MR
Button Covers — Goofy-Style Dog & Cat These covers wrap around a button: the starting chain ring encloses the button, then you work both sides around it. Dog (Goofy-style) Body: Rnd 1: Ch 11, join into a ring, 11 sc; then 12 sc worked around the ring enclosing the button; change color, 8 sc Rnd 2: In yellow 12 inc / in blue 8 inc Rnd 3: 24 sc / 16 sc Rnd 4: 12 dec / 8 dec — close each side over the button Head: Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR; Rnd 2: 6 inc (12); Rnd 3: 12 sc; Rnd 4: (5 sc, inc) twice (14); Rnds 5-8: 14 sc Hat: Row 1: Ch 5, from 2nd ch: 3 sc, 3 sc in next st, 2 sc, inc; Row 2: sl st, sc, sc, (ch, sl st) Muzzle: Ch 8, from 3rd ch: 5 hdc, 2 hdc in next st (TW=hdc-3? see note), hdc, 2 sl st, hdc, hdc-inc Ears: Ch 8, from 2nd ch: 3 sc, 3 hdc, 3 hdc in next st, 3 hdc, 3 sc (around the chain) Eyes: Ch 4, from 2nd ch: 2 sc, 3 sc in next st, 2 sc Arms/Legs: Rnds 1-4: 6 sc around. Cat (body worked the same as the other characters) Head: Rnd 1: 8 sc in MR; Rnd 2: 8 inc (16); Rnd 3: (sc, inc) 8 times (24); Rnds 4-9: 24 sc; Rnd 10: 12 dec Arms/Legs: Rnds 1-4: 6 sc (change colors as you like) Ears: Ch 3, from 2nd ch: sc, hdc Tail: Ch 11.
Notes
Handwritten notebook page by @半颗织泡 for the button-cover series (dog/cat/mouse). Shorthand: X=sc, V=inc, A=dec, T=hdc(in this author's hand), W=3 sts in one st, F=dc, SL=sl st; 'TW' = 3 hdc in one stitch. The body sandwich encloses a shirt button. Yarn: Susu 4-ply, colors 11 grey/21 black/55 blue/09 yellow/26 brown.
Button Covers — Flower Base & Little Mouse Flower/leaf piece (continued from previous page) Rnd 1: Ch 10, join into a ring Rnd 2: 3 inc, hdc-inc, dc+sl st, sl st+dc, hdc-inc, 3 inc — grading stitch heights around the ring Rnd 3: 8 sc, hdc-inc, dc+sl st, sl st+dc, hdc-inc, 8 sc Leaves: (sl st, ch 4, sl st-inc, ch 4, sl st) 3 times. Mouse Body: Rnd 1: Ch 11, join, 11 sc; then 20 sc around the ring enclosing the button Rnd 2: Inc in each st (40)... (20 inc) Rnd 3: 40 sc Rnd 4: 20 dec — closes over the button Head: Rnd 1: 5 sc in MR Rnd 2: (Sc, inc) twice, sc (7) Rnd 3: (Sc, inc, sc) twice, sc (9) Rnd 4: (3 sc, inc) twice, sc (11) Rnd 5: (2 sc, inc) 3 times, 2 sc (14) Rnds 6-8: 14 sc Rnd 9: Sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 5 sc (12) Ears: 6 sc in MR; change color, (sc, inc) 3 times (9) Tail: Ch 11. Arms/Legs: Rnds 1-4: 6 sc around.
Notes
Second handwritten page of the button-cover series: the graded-height ring (flower base) and the mouse. Shorthand: FE/EF = dc-then-sl-st / sl-st-then-dc pairs grading the petal heights; EV = sl st inc.
Frequently asked questions
How does the cover stay on the button?
The starting chain ring wraps the button's edge; both sides are worked around it and the final decreases close the sandwich.
Are the patterns hard to read?
They're handwritten notebook pages — the translation spells out each character's head, ears, tail and limbs from the author's shorthand.
