tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post5606427620452862777..comments2008-09-29T17:07:48.281+01:00Probably Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327990808605512518jane@lithgow1438.freeserve.co.ukBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post-30054532575318271132008-09-29T17:07:00.000+01:002008-09-29T17:07:00.000+01:00Goodness! I just bought some yarn to go with a small stash of buttons exactly like the multicoloured wooden one you posted there :-)<BR/>I'm only just starting out on my button stash, and hoping I don't get *too* carried away...Gwenynenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780383402558029122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post-32213056571357686182008-09-27T22:27:00.000+01:002008-09-27T22:27:00.000+01:00I really like how they all bring out different aspects of the yarn and the stitches. I especially like how the swirls of colour in the wooden one reflects the stitches.<BR/><BR/>Button collections always make me think of <I>Little House in the Big Woods</I> by Laura Ingalls Wilder, where Laura and Mary string and restring all of their mother's large button collection into a necklace for their baby sister.kaethttp://kaet.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post-68533548173953561452008-09-27T21:18:00.000+01:002008-09-27T21:18:00.000+01:00I don't know but I can't wait to find out what it is!!Squiblethttp://squiblet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post-61723761979472859992008-09-26T17:18:00.000+01:002008-09-26T17:18:00.000+01:00Why not use one of each type of button? I often revert to this as although I have several tins of buttons collected from various people over the years, I never seem to have enough for the garment I'm making!!janeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post-86071302378243089992008-09-26T16:29:00.000+01:002008-09-26T16:29:00.000+01:00I don't know what the finished article is but my favourites are the wooden one and the recycled glass. I'd love to know where you got the glass ones.Hatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post-49373479961553209912008-09-26T13:08:00.000+01:002008-09-26T13:08:00.000+01:00what a fantastic mix of buttons! I think I would choose the square paua shell button but then they all look fabulous.Suse-the-slow-knittahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14933712543363160810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post-89436568995487913412008-09-26T09:01:00.000+01:002008-09-26T09:01:00.000+01:00buttons are nice because they reflect history... you certainly have some nice choices to go at.... I like the paua shell one and the 1st bakelite... we (mum &amp; I) also have a large button collection both sets of grandparents collected buttons :o)LittleBerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161807446948103323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post-91455532771207371002008-09-26T08:55:00.000+01:002008-09-26T08:55:00.000+01:00So many lovely buttons!!!!! Lots of mine are just standard, non exciting buttons:-( I should add to the box really!!!!!<BR/>Can't wait to see which ones you chose.Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12352741458560268992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post-82375738346486661162008-09-25T20:17:00.000+01:002008-09-25T20:17:00.000+01:00The wooden one, or the mother of pearl, because they don't have holes... on balance (because I know what The Grand Plan was), I think the square one.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe not...<BR/><BR/>nnataliewww.theyarnyard.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post-70147194454630216762008-09-25T18:39:00.000+01:002008-09-25T18:39:00.000+01:00I think the pink vintage plastic, but I have a bias towards the recycled glass. <BR/>I used to sit and play with my grandmother's button box for hours as a child. Also spent more time than you would think rolling up her tape measure and unrolling it again.daisiehttp://daisiejane.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post-81589143258487898862008-09-25T17:56:00.000+01:002008-09-25T17:56:00.000+01:00ok Jane, you are nominated for blog award. :)murdohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11062803341817715710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post-22796294725095471292008-09-25T17:45:00.000+01:002008-09-25T17:45:00.000+01:00I really can't guess...all of them? I adore the recycled glass: where did that one come from?Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04022430264856651436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post-2084860930268091412008-09-25T16:53:00.000+01:002008-09-25T16:53:00.000+01:00I LOVE your buttons!<BR/><BR/>I guess that you chose the wooden ones, it's what I would've chosen. :)<BR/><BR/>(And given our similar taste in spinning wheels I'm hoping we'll have similar taste in buttons as well. You're right! Now that I've got my Ashford Trad I'm itching for a more portable wheel and I'm most strongly considering the Little Gem! How do you like yours?)Ariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03397311968445694214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post-89385267869171901792008-09-25T16:32:00.000+01:002008-09-25T16:32:00.000+01:00Oh, those stashes! My fabric stash is too large to call a sub-stash. I have a few! The button one is fabulous because almost all of it came from my grandmother. And I have a small army of knitting and sewing books. I have a better library of knitting books than my local library!K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14581612215378945075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14933236.post-90887850474431084292008-09-25T15:56:00.000+01:002008-09-25T15:56:00.000+01:00You have some great buttons. i love buttons. I have a really interesting book about buttons, my son has raided mine to start his own collection now ... I have to sneak in his to pinch some back every now and then!<BR/>I have a felt square sub-stash too.Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13730130796826375503noreply@blogger.com