We're always on the lookout for a new craft project to try – and the Dorset button is such a cute needlework project that crafters will love. If you love embroidery or cross stitch, learning how to ...

Home Lifestyle The Dorset button-maker: Easy to learn, cheap to source and fun to create Born in the heartland of Dorset button-making, Jen Best's yarn shop doubles as a classroom where she passes on ...

Members of a Dorset Women's Institute (WI) group have set a world record for the largest button. Six members of Wool WI decided to create the outsized Dorset Button after their craft day was ...

The purpose of buttons for fastening and adornment is an important part of social history. Sally Clifford meets a West Yorkshire crafter carrying on the tradition. Pictures by Tony Johnson.