gwensmom ([info]gwensmom) wrote,
2007-07-30 21:28:00
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Plastic bag crochet

Back in March, I showed you the beginning of a crochet experiment (scroll down) using the non-recyclable plastic bags that come on our newspapers.

Now it is finished just in time to submit to The Purse Project for the June/July beach bag theme.






And a close up:



I started this in mid-January and used 6 months worth of plastic newspaper bags. (The white stripes are regular shopping bags.) This thing is on the gigantic side but I'm a new crocheter and wasn't using a pattern so it's amazing it came out as well as it did.

Not sure what to do with it now. I thought of entering it in the "trash to treasure" contest at the fair but there is a size limit and this bag is probably too big!

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[info]mosspiglet

July 31 2007, 02:45:14 UTC 4 years ago

dude, thats totally amazing for using no pattern and being a new crotcheter!!

are you loving the crochet yet?

[info]lv_handbag

June 26 2010, 09:43:15 UTC 1 year ago

Great stuff!

[info]cyph0r

July 31 2007, 03:03:32 UTC 4 years ago

WOW! i's beautiful and I can't believe it's made of plastic!

[info]burberry_bags

June 26 2010, 05:09:20 UTC 1 year ago

I hope you don't mind me linking you so that this information spreads more.

[info]jennifer_jamesn

July 31 2007, 03:32:18 UTC 4 years ago

So pretty! Good job!

[info]ebandit

July 31 2007, 13:24:19 UTC 4 years ago

Wow... that is BIG, so BIG it would fit over Tracy Turnblad's hair. LOL

[info]coach_outlet_c

June 26 2010, 02:08:41 UTC 1 year ago

that`s amazing

[info]nymphette987

July 31 2007, 16:11:43 UTC 4 years ago

*covet covet covet*

I SOOO need to make one of those!!! :D Excellent job Sarah- I might be inspired to do something more useful than sitting at this darn machine during my free time!

I think it'd be good for groceries- recycled all my grocery bags to make a reusable one!

[info]an_su

July 31 2007, 17:42:34 UTC 4 years ago

Great job of patience :)

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[info]chanelsunglasse

June 26 2010, 06:41:24 UTC 1 year ago

Beautifully done, both the content and the format.

[info]janhatesmarcia

July 31 2007, 21:31:53 UTC 4 years ago

Wow! I remember when you first started this. So how hard is that stuff to work with? I've been saving colored plastic bags very slowly with the idea of crocheting a basket-type container.

Great job!

[info]gwensmom

August 1 2007, 02:57:18 UTC 4 years ago

It is certainly different that working with yarn. The orange plastic is very thin and stretchy but the white was not. I was using a metal hook and the orange tended to cling to it a little. A wooden hook might be easier. Also, I had to cut the orange strips much thicker than the white.

Anonymous

August 1 2007, 23:32:50 UTC 4 years ago

Very cool! It turned out great.

[info]curlita

August 1 2007, 23:41:10 UTC 4 years ago

Um, that was me, unintentionally incognito...

[info]imconnie

September 22 2007, 07:28:01 UTC 4 years ago

plastic bag crochet

OMG I have so many ideas as to what u could use this for! I mean it, you could use it as a recycling bag, to hold your recyclables in your kitchen until you can take them out to the bin, you can use it as I use a laundry basket to walk around the house and pick up everything that is not in it's place and deliver it to it's place as you walk thru the house picking up... does this make sense? Umm, as a laundry basket to pick up all of the dirty laundry from the rooms as you go thru the house to the laundry room, as a container while traveling from room to room to take out the trash from each room, as a book bag when you go to the library on a particularly "book heavy" trip, when you go to a flea market as a shopping bag, when you go to a grocery store and you know you'll be picking up a few more than a few items... I mean it I could go on and on but I won't, yet! And by all means try to enter it in the contest, you never know, if any one of those judges is like me, they'll choose it as a winner because it truly does show that one man's trash is another woman's treasure! KUDOS to your bag!

[info]jewelryshopping

June 24 2010, 11:43:11 UTC 1 year ago

Every bag is real attractive, if I have a chanel handbags I would content with it.

Anonymous

April 13 2011, 04:46:16 UTC 1 year ago

Can't wait to make a contribution

Hey - I am really glad to discover this. cool job!

Anonymous

April 14 2011, 06:10:27 UTC 1 year ago

Can't wait to have my say

Hi - I am really delighted to discover this. great job!
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