Cartwheel Dorset Button Crafting Kit in a Tin – 10 Colour Combos + Christmas Edition

This Dorset button crafting kit has been lovingly curated to align with eco-friendly values, using plastic-free reusable packaging and components that include recycled materials.

Designed with care and an understanding of how crafting can support wellbeing, this kit offers a calming, creative activity. Focusing on a mindful technique like button making can help ease stress and discomfort, offering a gentle and rewarding distraction.

As a passionate advocate for heritage crafts, I believe in keeping traditional skills alive. Dorset buttons are a beautiful piece of textile history, and this kit invites you to explore and carry on that tradition in your own way.

Everything you need is neatly packed inside a golden-bronze metal tin – perfect for storing your handmade buttons later on. Each tin also includes two exclusive wooden frog-shaped bobbins, made especially for The Frog in the Craft, along with a few little extras to brighten your day.

With this kit, you’ll learn how to make your own Cartwheel Dorset Buttons and have plenty of opportunity to practise using different ring types and sizes. It’s a lovely, thoughtful gift for any crafter – or a special treat for yourself.

Contents:

• Full colour illustrated instructions (with step-by-step photos)
• Tapestry needle
• Two Anchor Pearl Cotton skeins (Size 5) – one solid colour and one variegated or metallic
• A set of 8 recycled plastic rings in assorted sizes
• A set of 8 hollow brass rings in assorted sizes
• Two handmade wooden frog-shaped thread bobbins (exclusive to The Frog in the Craft)
• A few extra froggy surprises – small bonus items that may vary depending on stock

You will need:

• Scissors or thread snips

Thread Colour Options:

• Combo 1: Silver (non-metallic) + 01352
• Combo 2: Yellow + 01375
• Combo 3: White + 01300
• Combo 4: Green + 01304
• Combo 5: Lilac + 01320
• Combo 6: Purple + 01335
• Combo 7: Orange + 01305
• Combo 8: Pink + 01325
• Combo 9: Blue + 01349 (discontinued – available only while current stock lasts)
• Combo 10: Gold (non-metallic) + 01385
• Combo X: Christmas (Plain Green or Red with one Metallic Pearl Cotton selected at random)

Additional Notes:

• Suitable for beginners
• Plastic-free, reusable tin
• Recycled materials
• Makes an ideal gift for crafters
• Buttons shown in photos are for inspiration only