DIY : Vintage Button Necklace

A great big thank you to Miss J.Spaghetti for submitting this find! Have a bazillion vintage buttons? Why not make them into a one-of-a-kind necklace? This project involves a bit of crocheting, so if you don’t have the skills, find a pal who does.

A friend at work wears this necklace from time to time. Leigh Anne had a large collection of buttons from her mother and wasn’t sure what to do with them, so her sister, Lisa, crocheted them into a necklace.

Button Necklace

Heavy cotton threadS = Small Button
Tatting needleM = Medium Button
34 small buttonsL = Large Button
18 medium buttons
1 large button

Chain 200 and return to single crochet (SC) in first 35 stitches. (This chain will now be referred to as the necklace.)

Row 1 – 1 button
In 21st stitch, 2 SC, loop in button, 2SC, return to necklace and SC in next four stitches.

Row 2 – 2 buttons
In next stitch, 2 SC, loop in button, 2 SC, loop in button, 2 SC and return to necklace and SC in next four stitches.

Successive rows guidelines:
SC in four stitches of necklace
2SC between graduating series of buttons
2SC to return to necklace
SC in four stitches of necklace

Row 3 – SSS
Row 4 – SMS
Row 5 – SMS
Row 6 – SMSS
Row 7 – SMSS
Row 8 – SSMSS
Row 9 – SSMSS
Row 10 – SSMSS
Row 11 – SMLMS
Row 12 – SMLMS
Row 13 – SMLMS
Row 14 – MMLMM (This is the middle)
Row 15 – SMLMS
Row 16 – SMLMS
Row 17 -SMLMS
Row 18 – SSMSS
Row 19 -SSMSS
Row 20 – SSMSS
Row 21 – SSMS
Row 22 – SSMS
Row 23 -SMS
Row 24 – SSS
Row 25 -SS
Row 26 – S

Finish necklace with SC to the end and the tie off with button and connect with opposite side’s loop and knot off.