Buttonhole Tutorial

Some questions came up regarding buttonholes for a test knit, so I thought I'd make a photo tutorial. This describes a two-stitch, one-row buttonhole, made in the purl section of a K2P2 rib, like one might find on a cardigan button band. These instructions are based on Maggie Righetti's "the Neatest Buttonhole."

Five rows of K2P2 rib have been knit. Begin by knitting to the place where you want the buttonhole, in this case, to the P2:

1. Slip 1 stitch knitwise, then move yarn to front:

2. Slip 1 stitch knitwise, and pass first slipped stitch over second slipped stitch and off needle. Repeat step 2, for as many times as desired stitch length of buttonhole, in this case once:

3. Slip last stitch on right needle to left needle:

4. Turn work, and move yarn to front:

5. CO 3 using twisted purlwise CO. To do this, insert right needle purlwise into first stitch on left needle:

P1:

and place purled stitch on left needle:

3 stitches CO with this method:

6. Turn work:

7. Slip first stitch on left needle to right needle:

8. Slip last CO stitch over this stitch:

9: Then slip this stitch to left needle:

10. Continue knitting in pattern, in this case K2P2 rib: