26146 Button It Up: Isa’s Yarn Button

26146 Button It Up: Isa’s Yarn Button

Class | Available

349 W. Commercial St. Studio 1940 East Rochester, NY 14445 United States
2
No prior experience needed
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 (one day)
1:00 PM-4:00 PM on Tue
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$47.00
$20.00

26146 Button It Up: Isa’s Yarn Button

Class | Available

Registration Deadline: 1/31


You’ve knit, crocheted, or woven a gorgeous jacket or sweater, and now it’s time to decide on the closure.  The buttons at the big box store just don’t cut it. No worries - you can make your own buttons! In this class you’ll use yarn and simple stitching/weaving techniques on the base of a homemade template to create a unique button.  Then you’ll turn your 2 dimensional yarn work into a 3 dimensional button!  


Once you’ve mastered the basics, you can make buttons of varying sizes, using yarns of different thicknesses, and adding beads or other bling as you choose. In addition to being functional, you can use your buttons to decorate the brim of a hat, add a special touch to an accent pillow, finish a tote bag, and more.


AGE:  16 and up

**This Class has a special tuition rate for children. At the top of the page, select Youth Discount. At checkout, a child's tuition will be discounted to $20. The student must be registered as a child in your account profile to receive the discount


  • MATERIALS FEE: $7 paid to instructor for handouts, blunt point yarn needle, and miscellaneous supplementary supplies.


  • STUDENT SUPPLIES: Plastic lid from a cottage cheese or similar container, scissors, ballpoint pen or fine line Sharpie, 6-8 yards of smooth yarn (recommendations include 3/2, 5/2, or 8/4 cotton or sock yarn). A drawing compass is helpful but not essential.
Cherre, Peg
Peg Cherre

My mother taught my two sisters and me to knit and sew at an early age.  I spent a lot of years sewing clothes for myself and my family.  Then, while living deep in the sticks in the early 2000s I decided I wanted to weave.  A loom from Craigslist and a few hours of instruction and I was off and running, mostly self-taught due to my remote location.  SO many “learning opportunities.”   For several years I wove full-time while working for a paycheck part-time.  Once I could finally retire and move to Rochester, my fiber interests expanded.  And reverted to things I’d done in my teens.  And morphed as I saw what other creators were making.  Now you never know what I might be doing: weaving on my floor loom or my 4” pin loom, knitting, sewing, embroidery, thread wrapping, and more.  I just make things that amuse me.