I find it often difficult to find the right buttons for my needlework. At Univers du crochet d’art I eventually found an instruction on how to crochet (and embroider) buttons. It is written in French, but the tutorial is illustrated so that I could easily understand what to do.
On the photo you see my self-made button, it is worked in crochet and then embellished with embroidery.
Addendum of June 23, 2010: The Univers du crochet d’art moved and I didn’t find the instruction there and nowhere else in internet.
But there are many instructions for crocheted buttons, you simply have to choose another one ;-)
Links:
Univers du crochet d’art: A french website on crochet
Page moved to: A french website on crochet
Crocheted buttons (French) (with explaining pictures)
The link doesn’t work anymore, try the Google search result for ‘crochet button’
Aber das was Du zeigst sind gestickte Knöpfe!
Du hast Recht.
Deshalb habe ich in meinen UFOs gekramt und meinen eigenen Knopf heraus gesucht, um den zu präsentieren ;-)
The previous comment was that the buttons on the image are embroidered and not crocheted.
She’s right, so I rummaged through my UFOs to present my own button ;-)