My latest hobby is making plarn (plastic yarn) and then creating bags out of the plarn. I have made several different plarn bags. I found the patterns at myrecycledbags.com. I have completed 4 bags and have two more on the go. I just need to get a few more bags to finish them off.
I even used a plarn bag as a door prize for a tupperware party I had. People thought I was a little crazy at first - you're cutting apart plastic bags to make more plastic bags? - but once they have seen the finished product they think it is pretty cool. Many of my co-workers have given me their plastic bags to turn into something cool. One of my students actually pulled a large bag of Giant Tiger bags out of his backpack and asked me to make something for him with them. That is the current project! How could I refuse?
Here are a few of my plarn bags:
Rebecca, I listened to a weaver from Ontario talking about this on CBC. radio. She said that she had been using some of the ones she had made for about 10 years. Once woven ( or in you case knitted) it seems they will last a lifetime.
ReplyDeleteGreat job.
Jane.
I guess better they last a lifetime as a useable bag then cluttering up a landfill!
ReplyDeleteThey seem to be pretty sturdy.
The large shopping bag is holding more yarn!
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