Sewing pattern buttonhole

A bar with end strokes.

Also known as: Button placement mark, Buttonhole bar pattern

CulturalEveryday & digitalStandard profile

Meanings

The sewing pattern mark for a buttonhole, giving its position, length and direction.

Common modern usageVerified fact
Marks a buttonhole's position, length and direction on a pattern.
Contexts: Technical drawing
Common modern usageVerified fact
Carries the length in the drawn bar rather than in a figure, so the mark is measured directly off the pattern and needs no scale.
Contexts: Technical drawing

A straight bar with a short stroke across each end, drawn at the buttonhole's position and length.

IdentityHigh confidence: High confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references.
Historical originModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but early or supporting evidence is limited, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useHigh confidence: High confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references.
Visual matchHigh confidence: High confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references.

Standards and Guidelines for Crochet and Knitting
Craft Yarn Council · retrieved 2026-08-21
The American industry body maintaining published standard chart symbols, abbreviations and yarn-weight categories. Widely followed in American publishing and not universal; independent designers frequently define their own symbols, and British convention differs.
Pattern (sewing)
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-08-23
Tertiary reference, cited for the conventional description of a mark, its usual name and where it is encountered. Where an issuing body defines the mark, that body is cited alongside and governs.

Last reviewed 2026-08-25

Meanings

The sewing pattern mark for a buttonhole, giving its position, length and direction.

Common modern usageVerified fact

Marks a buttonhole's position, length and direction on a pattern.

Common modern usageVerified fact

Carries the length in the drawn bar rather than in a figure, so the mark is measured directly off the pattern and needs no scale.

Confidence

IdentityHigh confidence: High confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references.
Historical originModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but early or supporting evidence is limited, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useHigh confidence: High confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references.
Visual matchHigh confidence: High confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references.

Sources

Standards and Guidelines for Crochet and Knitting
Craft Yarn Council · retrieved 2026-08-21
The American industry body maintaining published standard chart symbols, abbreviations and yarn-weight categories. Widely followed in American publishing and not universal; independent designers frequently define their own symbols, and British convention differs.
Pattern (sewing)
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-08-23
Tertiary reference, cited for the conventional description of a mark, its usual name and where it is encountered. Where an issuing body defines the mark, that body is cited alongside and governs.

Last reviewed 2026-08-25