This workshop is designed to take you through making several styles of Dorset button. You'll start with a crosswheel, the most popular and easiest style to make, and progress through various stitching techniques to make different styles of Dorset ring buttons. You will cover changing threads, finishing techniques, attaching to a garment, and what materials you can use.

You will need: 4 x 25mm rings; 2 x 29mm rings; 4ply sock yarn or equivelent in two colours; size 18 tapestry materials; snips or scissors. You can use other sizes, and threads if you have them. There are instructions in the course for measuring thread, types of materials ect. If you would like to buy materials for this workshop please see our website www.beakerbutton.co.uk

This course is a self guided course, designed to be worked in small chunks over a period of about 5 weeks with practice between lessons, but you could do most of it in a solid day of working if you desire. The PDF instructions are comprehensively written with colour photos throughout. The videos support the PDF files or can be used on their own, and have basic captions. You will need to have Adobe to read the PDF files, which can be downloaded for free from the internet.

If you need further help please get in touch and we can arrange a one to one zoom class.