Sunday, February 8, 2009
Shopping bags crocheted from recycled plastic bags
http://confessionsofabistickualcrafter.blogspot.com/
After reading the "confessions" blog (above) I found a lot of ideas to crochet and recycle plastic bags, which could be a great idea for Guatemala.
Here's a number of interesting links:
Free Recycled Valentine's Bag Pattern
http://www.myrecycledbags.com/
Joining & Crocheting Recycled Plastic Shopping Bags
A quick video on how to join recycled plastic shopping bags and crochet them.
www.instructables.com/id/Joining--Crocheting-Recycled-Plastic-Shopping-Bag/
Recycle Plastic Shopping Bags into 'Yarn'
Recycling plastic grocery bags and plastic shopping bags is nothing really new, but I like to do my recycling without smelling up my environment. If you merely return your bags to your local grocer for recycling, they will melt them down to make new bags. This emits more pollution into the air. I also discovered that fusing plastic bags releases noxious fumes into the air and I don't think that's any better either. So, in comes the scissors. (more)
http://www.instructables.com/id/Recycle-Plastic-Shopping-Bags-into-Yarn/
Labels:
crochet,
plastic bags,
recycle,
shopping bags
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