In the Summer 2010 issue of Interweave Knits, the ever-inventive TECHknitter introduced us to the brand-new “tulips” buttonhole. This buttonhole is a bit trickier to work than the usual one-row horizontal buttonhole, but it solves all those niggling little problems: the tulips buttonhole is perfectly, truly symmetrical (a chain bind-off is reflected by a chain cast-on at its two edges); its corners are tight and strong (this buttonhole won’t stretch after being buttoned up a few times); it’s already double-reinforced. The finished result is neat, tidy, lovely to look at—extra effort, but worth it.
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