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I learned to crochet with plastic bags! (slrpnk.net)

submitted 5 months ago by RoquetteQueen to c/zerowaste

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I saw a video about ten years ago on crocheting with plarn (plastic bag yarn) and I thought it was such a neat idea. There was just one problem: I didn't know how to crochet. So, I started hoarding all my plastic bags (even more than I already was) thinking, "Oh, I'll learn how to crochet one day!" I finally learned to crochet a few weeks ago and now I'm working my way through my massive bag stash. I left the tail ends on and tried to tie them into decorations so I wouldn't waste any of the plastic.

I am way too excited about my trash bag bag. :)

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[–] proudblond@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

That’s awesome, it’s probably way stronger this way too!

[–] greenhorn@lemm.ee 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How many plastic bags did that take?

[–] RoquetteQueen 3 points 5 months ago

I haven't managed to count but I'm going through bags really quickly doing this. That bag was probably 2/3 of all the white plastic bags I've collected over the years.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 7 points 5 months ago

They can make a pretty decent string/rope to tie stuff off too!

[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is amazing! I know you said you saw the initial video 10 years ago, but do you think you could share any resources that helped you put this together? I've got my own stash of plastic bags that could be put to use :)

[–] RoquetteQueen 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

This video shows how to cut up plastic bags to make plarn. It takes a while but it's easy to do while watching or listening to something. For the bag, I followed this video.

[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Nice, thank you so much! I'll give those a watch

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

(slaps roof) this baby can catch so many sea turtles

Fr tho this is really cool. Great work.

[–] ngoomie@pawb.social 1 points 4 weeks ago

I've been tempted to try doing this myself, but plastic bags are almost becoming a bit of a rare item here, so my family's intent on keeping them for more normal plastic bag usage, haha

I have some irreparable clothes I could totally turn into T-shirt yarn, though!