I hope you are as big of a fan of these buttonholes as I am!  I love the stability they provide to the knitted piece and their neat appearance nestled so handsomely in the ribs of our pillow back.  You can use this buttonhole over any number of stitches in your future projects.

Today’s clue is for the second piece of our pillow back, the Button Band.  The Button Band is knit in a rib to match the Buttonhole Band.  The instructions call for the Button Band to be knit to a length of 7 1/2″ which is the same length as the Buttonhole Band.  Every pillow form has a different level of filling, or “plumpness”.  Before binding off, pin the Buttonhole Band and Button Band to the back of the pillow form to ensure that they overlap each other adequately. The overlap, approximately 1-2”, should be large enough to accommodate your chosen buttons.  If needed, adjust the Button Band length to cover the pillow form.

Part Three

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Button Band

Cast on 51 stitches using Long Tail cast on.

Rib Pattern

Row 1. (RS)  K3, *p1, k3; repeat from * to end.

Row 2.  P3, *k1, p3; repeat from * to end.

Work above 2 rows until piece measures 7 ½” or desired length.

Bind off.

See you next week for the seaming.  Happy knitting!