Just finished the third Dorset button, all different patterns, and thought I'd better stitch them on before the impulse left me.
So here's the finished item. I made it to allow for different ways of wearing it, depending on the weather.
Completely buttoned, it goes right up over your nose, very warm, then you can play with it, using two or one, whichever way you like. See the loops in the top pic I added at the end, to slip over the buttons.
Very pleased with the results, if I say it myself. Not only a warm item, but a toy, too!
If you fancy making one: 7x19 inches, size J Tunisian hook, two strands of fingering worked together, different shades for a heathery look, 37 stitches to allow for the lace stitch. It's a multiple of four plus one. The loops are regular crochet still using the same hook. I just worked random rows of the stitches I know, as the spirit moved me, lace, knit, purl, simple.
That's it. If you do try, be sure and let me know, complete with pix.
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