How to Make a Dorset Crosswheel Button
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- Learn how to make the classic Dorset Crosswheel ring button. This is also known as a Cartwheel or simply wheel button.
NEW - updated video can be found here - • Dorset Button Tutorial...
I have used perle cotton No 8 in this example, and a 19mm brass ring
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A new, updated version can now be found here - czcams.com/video/OvAkKHuDAGw/video.html
I remember making a Dorset button at school in the late 80s. I’d completely forgotten about it until I saw this video! Might have to make one now!
Some plastic bottle tops have a ring of plastic to seal them. Works for decoative buttons.
What a great idea!
@@GinaBSilkworks You can get cabone rings (also a knitting accessory) at Michaels in Canada. I am not sure where else Michaels is but they do online sales as well. I got at least 8 packets of different sizes for under $15 CA. Jan 2023.
I love watching your videos - it makes it so much easier to learn than if I were to read instructions. I am a visual learner.
Thank you!
I echo everyone's comments here! Thank you very much! I love that you pause the video and that you take the time to show the extra and important steps.
Oh thank you very much.
Wow! It is really a useful pretty button! And you can design your own color! Thank you for teaching
My husband had a UK TV show on tonight where they showed these buttons on cards for sale and I was immediately interested. I had to come see if there was a CZcams tutorial and I was delighted to find yours. 😃
I love it. Thank you. I hate trying to buy buttons - now I can make them!!
Great video! Nicely paced, easy to follow and understand. I feel ready to dive in!
Thank you!
There is a video with jack Hargreaves showing Dorset buttons and cone buttons being made.
Thanks, I'll look out for it. I've watched some of his others on the area.
Lovely, and practical too. After I've finished all my Christmas knitting and crocheting I'll look forward to trying this beautiful craft in the new year
Thank you!
So sorry, I have just seen your details. thank you again for the great video
Beautiful!
Thank you!
Gina Silkworks, you did a outstanding job on making this great video. I’m a button lover, and I will definitely be giving this a try, because who wouldn’t want a very special button🥰
Thank you- you may find you become a little addicted :)
This is wonderful. I have a vintage shift that closes with these buttons at the shoulder and I wondered about them. Your tutorial was excellent.
I'm glad it was helpful!
This is amazing! I love making my own buttons. I love the look of the perfect match to the garment.
Thank you!
Your tutorial has proven very useful to me, so, thank you for making it! Would it be possible for you to address in some future videos, how to change thread (or attach a new one if one underestimates the initial length needed) & how to attach beads...
Thank you! Great suggestions :)
Thank you - I've been trying to do this following printed instructions and just didn't get it - your video is great :-)
Hello and thank you for your tutorial. It is the easiest to follow I have found! Could you please share the size of your metal ring and the details of the thread you are using? Thank you! Amy
Nice clear instructions!
thank you! this video is really helpful for my project!
You're very welcome!
Очень красиво!Спасибо!ябуду учиться делать такую прелесть. Слежу за вашими новыми видео. Ваш подписчик.
Thank you!
Very nice! I love that pattern!
Thank you!
Just a simple thought that I had, it was a little hard for me to see where the needle was going because the color of the thread and the color of the background was very close, also the ring being rather small and not very close to the camera made it just a bit harder to see where the needle went in and out. Possibly a large ring and contrasting color of thread to table top...
Thanks for the feedback! I'll keep it in mind for future films!
That is an excellent idea for clarifying instruction. Perhaps you might use the idea for the demonstration, but also show the finished traditionally worked button. Thank you. A very informative video and a beautiful button! I'm inspired!
This was not easy to follow at all...
I now have an updated video here - czcams.com/video/OvAkKHuDAGw/video.html
which you may find easier
This is great. Thanks
Very good 👍👍👍
Very nice! I'd never heard of Dorset buttons. I'll have to try them for the cardigan I'll knit this year. I'll definitely look at your website🙂
Thank you! They do work really well for knits. x
Thank you
Lovely clear instructions
I don't have enough thread to wrap spokes
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Love the instructions. I am using a larger ring and 3 Pearl cotton to learn. Is there a good way to calculate amount of thread needed. I used about a yard to start and added more.
There isn't really an easy way. But there's no problem adding more thread - in fact that gives you more design opportunities when you change colours ;)
I liked your video. Thank you for posting it!! I must say though, this was very difficult for me as I'm left handed. People expect us lefties to turn patterns upside down and read backwards. No way to do that here! I do wish you would please explain the size of ring, what type of wrap you used and approximately how long the cording was. Also, a still image of how to create the blanket stitch would be immensely helpful as I struggled to figure this out being left handed. I do wish to say I was successful, though! For anyone like me who grabbed supplies on the fly, my ring measured 1 1/8", my wrapping thread was DMC #5 perle cotton at a length of 4 yards. I had about 20" of leftover perle when finished so I may cut it shorter next try.
Thanks so much for your comment. The video was intended to show the technique, not exact measurements. This type of button can be made with any ring and most thread, and both those factors will change the specs. As a right handed person, some things are really hard for me to show left handed I'm afraid. I do try (I have a video for a deaths head button worked left handed), but can't always manage it.
@@GinaBSilkworks Thanks for your reply. :) I wasn't expecting you to show both right and left handed versions. My point was that a "still image" of how the threads wrap would have helped tremendously. We have to work backwards, that's all. Thanks, Gina! Have a great week!
Ah, I see. I'll have to keep that in mind, thank you! Have a great week yourself x
very informative, thank you!
How do I add threads. How long are you originally making your thread when starting? Thx, love it!
I usually start with an outstretched arm's length, but it does depend on the size of the ring of course. If I want to add thread, I usually try to cover the ring, then weave through the ridge to finish one length. Then I will take a new long length and thread onto a needle singly, and knot one end. I'll take this under the ridge and then start with the spokes. There are more complicated ways to add thread without knots, but this works fine.
Great tutorial. Where can you buy the rings?
Thank you, I'm glad that you found it useful. We sell a variety of different rings on our website at www.ginabsilkworks.co.uk
For a traditional Dorset Button what weight of thread and fibre would you suggest? Thanks for an excellent video.
Thank you. A traditional Dorset should be linen, but these days cotton is easier to find in the correct weight. I've found that an 80/2 or 100/2 bobbin lace thread is really close to many of the originals - in other words really fine! However, the rings are usually fairly small too originally. I hope that helps.
UMMMM I THINK I MISSED THE NUMBER OF SPOKES SOME WHERE....
ARE THE THE ODD NUMBER OR EVEN NUMBER.....?
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US THIS BEAUTIFUL WORK
BLESSINGS & BE HOPE FILLLED
FRANKI
You can place as many wraps as you wish to fill the space. Very tiny rings may have only 2 wraps - for 4 spokes (spokes are counted from the centre out) but really big wall art pieces can have many, many more!
I looked & think that’s casting at beginning will be so much faster with crochet hook...
Yes it can be, however, using a crochet hook creates a different ridge, so if you want to make a button that is accurate to the originals, a blanket stitch is the way to do it.
If you don’t mind me asking, what kind of thread did you use to make the button?
For this example, perle cotton No 8 and a 19mm ring - of course I don't mind x
What time periods would these be appropriate for?
It is believed that the first Dorset on a ring dates from around 1720 ish.
They continued to be made until about 1851 when a machine to make linen buttons much cheaper was shown at the Great Exhibition in London.
What type of thread are you using? It looks thicker than sewing thread.
Hi, the example in this video uses cotton perlee (pearl) thread, size 8.
use embroidery thread or perle thread not cotton thread
I am in the USA, where in a craft store should I look for these rings?
You've got a few options really - jewellery making sections - but always choose a closed jump ring. Open / split ones are no good.
Also - curtain making - rings for either curtains or roman blinds are usually brass or plastic and very good (plastic is great if washing them)
You can sometimes get larger wooden rings designed for macrame, they are nice for brooches.
I hope that helps :)
Hi there! I'm in the US also. I found several sizes of the white, plastic rings at Hobby Lobby (in the sewing section/notions department) and also Joann fabrics (in the curtain rods/roman shade notions area.) I hope that helps you. :)
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Hi I'm following your video
Well done
I am Italian
because he has disabled the subtitles in Italian
I'm trying to figure out the diameter of the circle
could you write it to me thanks
The ring here is 19mm - but you can use any closed ring to make different sizes of button.
What kind of thread and how big is the ring?
I have used perle cotton No 8 in this example, and a 19mm brass ring
@@GinaBSilkworks thank you for the info and your video. I want to try this
Wish you wouldn’t do the centre so fast, it’s hard to see where you are putting the needle!
At the very centre, before working the backstitches, the needle is put in between spokes to make stitches to hold the spokes together at the centre. It doesn't matter which spokes, just a couple of stitches to hold everything. I'll try to remember to slow down if I remake this.
Beautiful!