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Crocheting: The Ultimate Recycled Market Bag
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The Ultimate Recycled Market Bag

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Pattern Info

This project was designed by pentalia.
Info can be found at:

The Ultimate Recycled Market Bag »

Instructions

Instructions for making plarn are included in the pattern and on my blog:
http://amandashappyhearth.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-make-plarn.html

Difficulty:

Category: Crocheting

Type of item: Accessory

For: Unisex

Style: Casual, Eco-Friendly


Materials

plarn made from cut-up plastic grocery bags

What was your inspiration?

Wanted a collapsible bag that was easy to make with a mesh-type stitch to reduce the muscle soreness that can happen when working with plarn.

What are you most proud of?

The strength and durability of the bag.

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

Take lots of breaks when crocheting with plarn, to give your hands and arms time to rest. See the "Saving Your Hands and Arms When Using Plarn" link from the pattern page.

 

2 comments

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Nikki-W on craftsy.com
Oct 06, 2011    Flag as inappropriate
These have been around since I was little in South Africa, the native women used to sit on the street corners crocheting and chatting away selling their bags as they complete them, glad to find someone to show me how to make them I was too young to be interested to learn how to when I was growing up bu have reently been wanting to try to make them and maybe sell some for X mas stocking fillers
CheeChee on craftsy.com
Oct 05, 2011    Flag as inappropriate
Would be an awesome beach bag!