SEWING SOME BUTTONS TOGETHER.
This is kind of too silly for a tutorial, but you can make a makeshift brooch for shawls with a lot of eyelets if you have some buttons that are the right size, lightweight, and smooth. And if you don’t mind distorting your eyelets (it’s not extremely bad for them but it’s not really good for them, either).
You need, uh, yarn and buttons, or thread and buttons, and a needle to suit the yarn or thread. A tapestry needle worked for me.
Hold buttons parallel, with the public sides out and the wrongsides, if any, facing in on each other.
Starting from the wrongside, sew the buttons together. Make at least 3-4 yarn circuits/loops for durability.
End with both yarn ends on the inside.
Wrap the yarn between the buttons to make a sort of shank. (It probably doesn’t need to be that deep.)
Tie off the yarn, and snip the ends.
These buttons aren’t really that well-sized to fit this hooded cape, so the in-use photo is not the best demonstration! But this creates a detachable button/pinless brooch which is kind of nice in a pinch sometimes, and easy to make with things you have on hand.
