Beat those buttons to death.

I tried a slightly different approach with the button box. Since what I am looking for are small buttons, I reasoned that they might easily be overlooked in the wealth of buttons in the box.

So instead of rummaging through the box looking for likely prospects, I dumped all of them out onto the table and removed the ones that obviously didn't work -- too big, too white, too green/orange/purple. This left me with a lot of smaller buttons that might not have noticed before. It also allowed me to conclusively eliminate any that did not have at least three of a kind.

What I came up with are these, some of which you have seen before.

Brass lions:

Brass hearts:

Red pearlies with shank:

Mottled red:

Brass helmets:

Wooden:

Buttons with a shank might work better given the thickness of the garter stitch fabric. Styles with >3 items allow me to sew an extra button on an inside seam in case one gets lost.

Let the voting begin!

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Comments

[Carrie]

I voted for red pearlies, but I meant to vote for the red mottled.

[Sheepish Annie]

Brass hearts all the way, baby!! Actually, any of the choices would be lovely. I just sort of liked the hearts. Which is odd because I'm not really a heartsy-fartsy sort of person...

[Yvonne in southwest Virginia]

I, too, like the red mottled best!

[Vicki]

I love a good poll.
; )

[tammy]

Hmmm, the poll won't load for me. I like the red pearlies. :) Is it wrong that I kind of liked peering at all those buttons dumped out? Mmmmmm, I loves me a button box/bag/tin.

[Jeanne]

I have an urge to dig through your button box. I don't think the red perlies are too girly.

[Diane]

Mottled red all the way, even though it's losing in the poll. But you should knit another Einstein for a girl and put the pearlies on it.

[cindy]

Brass hearts here. That is one cool button box.

[Cookie]

Okay. I feel better now. I'm just now seeing this post. I thought there had been a button quiz on the other other button post and was feeling a little more lost and confused than usual.

No, I have no button opinion. I have faith in you and the buttons to do the right thing.