Emily's Musings

Plastic Bag Bag

I saw this awesome plastic yarn totebag and, given my current fondness for recycled art, just had to give it a try. I opted for a smaller size object, and it didn't come out as neatly as I would have hoped, but it was fun to make (though the plastic bags are a bit rough on the fingers). Theirs is crocheted, but since I haven't mastered that, I just did a straight knit stitch and then sewed up the bottom and side. Its big enough to hold a cantelope (though I don't know why you'd want to put a cantelope in it, it was just the only thing I could find that would fit). On the plus side, I used up all my plastic bags that were sitting around waiting to be reused. Now if I could just think of something to do with all the newspapers that are waiting to be recycled...

There were a ton of great links for crafts like that here, including this one which is just amazing. I spent way too much time Saturday night following most of the links.