Crochet plarn shopping bag pattern

I don't know if any of you crochet with "plarn" (yarn made from recycled plastic bags) but I thought to share my new set of nested shopping totes for...

So many stores send you out the doors with your latest goods in plastic bags. Often, you have too many bags to be of any practical use, but you don't know what to do with them. Crochet enthusiasts have come up with a great solution to the surplus...

My personal Plarn backpack.

As July is Plastic - Free Month I put together this reusable produce bag to help me cut down on the amount of single use plastics I use. As you know many supermarkets pre-pack fruit and veg in plastic bags and containers. Even if you select the loose produce, the only options available to us are to use a plastic bag or have your fruit and veg floating around in your shopping bag (which, of course, is perfectly fine but you'd be surprised how many people seem to gasp in horror at the idea of…

This is a guide about uses for plastic grocery bags. Reusing plastic grocery bags is a great way to help the environment and reduce trash in the landfills. There are many ways you can reuse these bags that can help save you money.

How to Make a Rug From Plastic Grocery Bags: In an effort to be "Green," I started saving my plastic grocery bags so that I could return them in large groups to be recycled. I had gathered quite a few bags, but kept forgetting to take them to be recycled. So I first started using them to make…

Recycled Blue Plastic Bag Crocheted Basket

Faster Way to Cut Plarn #reusable #plastic #bags #reusableplasticbags Very good tutorial video on Faster Way to Cut Plarn ( plastic yarn from old plastic bags) to end up with long strips and make balls ALSO how to crochet with Plarn. Great FREE yarn to easy to learn to crochet with! Make hats, bags, place mats, sleeping bag mats, baskets and more. Use up those plastic bags from the store and make them into something fun & useful.

The City of Greensboro is offering workshops to teach the public how to make plarn from plastic bags and then crochet it to make insulated bed rolls to distribute to