HOW TO WORK A ONE-ROW BUTTONHOLE

 

I like techniques that are straightforward and easy to remember. The one-row buttonhole is especially good in garter stitch, but also works a treat in ribbing. I like using when using buttons that cannot be squeezed into a yarnover buttonhole.  

 
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1. On RS, knit to where your pattern tells you to start your buttonhole. With your working yarn in front,  slip the first stitch purlwise. 

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2. Move your working yarn to the back, wrapping your slipped stitch, and leave the yarn hanging at the back. You will not need it until step 5. 

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3. *slip 1 stitch purlwise, pass previous stitch over; rep from * until 3 stitches have been cast off.

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4. Place the last cast-off stitch on the right-hand needle back on the left-hand needle. Turn work.

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5. With WS facing you, move the working yarn to the back. 

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6. Using the cable cast-on method, cast on 4 stitches.

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7. Move yarn to front. Turn work. Slip 1 stitch knitwise and pass the extra cast-on st over it.

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9. Continue to work acrossin pattern. When working across cast-on stitches, I like to knit into the back-loop to tighten them a wee bit, but that is optional. 

Boom.Done.

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