Birmingham Buttons Cowl by Nina Machlin Dayton

Birmingham Buttons Cowl

Knitting
February 2014
Aran (8 wpi) ?
25 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Cable pattern
US 6 - 4.0 mm
150 - 200 yards (137 - 183 m)
Small (6”x20”), Medium (6”x22), Large (6”x24)
English
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Birmingham England was famous in the late 18th & the 19th centuries for their meticulous manufacturing of buckles, snuffboxes, chatelaines, watches, watch seals, jewelry, and especially of buttons. A Birmingham button meant a button of beauty and quality, So it seemed a natural name for a cabled cowl that lets you show off your button collection. Don’t have a button collection? What a great excuse to start one!

With 3 sizes, and lots of ways to make this this cowl uniquely yours, add a few buttons to your wardrobe with the Birmingham Buttons cowl.