How to make a Dorset Button - updated version - more close ups - 2 designs - crosswheel & pinwheel!

This video is an updated version of my old video - taking on board some of the comments I've received over the years. These include more close-ups, stronger colours, work larger. I've added more tips - hints on changing colours and adding thread for instance.
You'll find the original here if you wish to watch it -
• How to Make a Dorset C...
I've worked two buttons in this video, the traditional Dorset Crosswheel (also known as a cartwheel) and another from my book (Dorset Ring Buttons) known as a pinwheel. They are fairly different techniques, so worth watching if you enjoy button making!
For extra information, I've used the following in this video:
25mm brass ring (crosswheel) / 19mm ring (pinwheel) : www.ginabsilkworks.co.uk/butt...
Wonderfil Spagetti 12 wt cotton thread :
www.ginabsilkworks.co.uk/wond...
Dorset Button Shuttles : www.ginabsilkworks.co.uk/dors...
Book link - Dorset Ring Buttons : www.ginabsilkworks.co.uk/publ...
00:00 - Intro
01:08 - Materials
02:50 - Casting (Covering the Ring)
05:17 - A bit about rings & threads
07:34 - Removing thread kinks
08:20 - A bit of history and examples
10:33 - Locking & Slicking
15:05 - Laying the Spokes
18:40 - Centre the Spokes
20:09 - Changing thread before filling
21:36 - Filling - Rounding Back Stitch
25:32 - some hints for holding
27:18 - Changing thread while filling
31.22 - Finishing & fixing
34:54 - How to work the Pinwheel design

[@liristargazer]

…that moment when you go to Subscribe to the channel and you discover that you already did… woohoo! Thank you for sharing this hand-made knowledge with the modern world. ❤

[@GinaBSilkworks]

Oh thank you!

[@deniseengel1451]

Thanks for the updated Dorset button tutorial. It is excellent. Those original Dorset buttons, so tiny! Also thanks for sharing the history.

[@GinaBSilkworks]

Thank you, I'm glad you found it useful

[@fancifuldevices]

Oooh love the pinwheel! And so simple once you have the basic one down

[@yvonneburn1628]

Thank you so much for your brilliant tutorial Gina. I’ve done lots of Dorset buttons always the same basic spokes, never done a pinwheel. Out with my button tin, got to do it right now 😊 I need to get your book and a shuttle. Thank you again.

[@GinaBSilkworks]

You are so welcome!

[@coetiaswearingen7207]

You can draw lines on your finger equal distance apart to space your spokes more even

[@GinaBSilkworks]

Oh yes, that would probably work for a set on the same sized ring and the same number of spokes, wouldn't it? Neat idea

[@Bonnie7455]

Thanks bunches Gina for making this awesome video and because of watching your video, I was able to make my 1st. Dorset Button, and tomorrow I will start on my pin wheel one🫶

[@donhalley5622]

Good camera work, well edited - hoorah for team silkworks! xxx

[@GinaBSilkworks]

Thank you!! xx

[@robintheparttimesewer6798]

Oh this was wonderful! I've put a couple of your button books on my Christmas wish list! I want to try all the patterns!

[@GinaBSilkworks]

Thank you!

[@pamelamadorin9141]

Hi from just south of Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Love how clearly and patiently you explain your craft.

[@GinaBSilkworks]

Thank you

[@LandonHill]

Love all the amazing ways you've shown me to make beautiful buttons. I've been searching for several months for the perfect buttons for a stranded colorwork cardigan I'm designing. and it never would have occurred to me to make them myself. Can't wait for the books I ordered to get here so I can start planning them out!

[@GinaBSilkworks]

Thank you! Welcome to a new addiction ;)

[@cemam1950]

Great tutorial! I hope to be able to get my spokes properly centered one of these days. Your kits and instructions have helped a lot.

[@GinaBSilkworks]

Thank you - I am glad they have helped

[@pauletteharris5759]

Beautiful work! These buttons are my new obcession!

[@GinaBSilkworks]

Thank you!

[@lynettewykes9923]

Thank you for a very clear tutorial.

[@junimondin]

Thank you for this great tutorial.

[@GinaBSilkworks]

You're very welcome!

[@celiajean7093]

Thank you for a well done tutorial. This is all brand new to me. I'm hoping to be able to do this with a lightweight yarn rather than thread as I can't find buttons that I like or come close to matching a recently finished hand knit sweater. And if the yarn doesn't work then I can certainly match thread better than a button. And what a terrific addition to hand work the buttons as well. I look forward to also reviewing your other videos.

[@GinaBSilkworks]

Yes - you absolutely can use yarns. They are perfect for sweaters, you can use fewer spokes if your yarn is thicker.

[@lynnb.5937]

This is THOUROUGH directions and close up views. I might even try this! One thing worries me before I even start: Tension. Whenever I have to make a circle, I mess up and it starts curving inward and I can't flatten it out. What's the secret to keeping it 'just right'? Thanks Gina-B. [liked, subscribed - best wishes]

[@GinaBSilkworks]

Thank you! Do you mean on the filling stitches? The first thing is to make sure the laid wraps/spokes are taut. The filling stitches then need to be made without pulling the spokes out. It really is a practice thing, you get the feel for it the more you do. I'd also say try smaller rings initially - there's less room for those spokes to move so confidence builds.

[@lynnb.5937]

ah! Good information! Thanks @@GinaBSilkworks

[@jeremyng6086]

Thanks for the video! Would love to see how to do a Mite Dorset button.

[@GinaBSilkworks]

Thanks, I'll pop that onto the ideas list!

[@barbaraevans6082]

Is that shuttle the same as the tatting shuttle on your site? It looks nice and narrow.

[@GinaBSilkworks]

No, these are our "Dorset Button Shuttles" - we designed them for button making and manufacture them in-house. You can find them here - www.ginabsilkworks.co.uk/dorset-button-shuttles

[@barbaraevans6082]

Thank you so much - I have ordered one.

[@GinaBSilkworks]

thank you!

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