Another Plastic-bag Bag

Crocheting with plastic yarn is fun, and a neat way to recycle grocery bags!

Here's one of my latest ...

I like to line some of my smaller bags so so there's less worry about little stuff falling out between the crocheted "holes" ... So this one's lined with one of those plastic mailing bags. (You know, those "indestructible" rubbery-plastic bags that companies ship stuff in. I figure, if it can handle being a shipping container, it'll last a while as a bag lining.)

The Plarn Rug

The plastic yarn rug is coming along ...

It's going quickly, and looking good, and it actually feels nice to stand on.

I'll probably sell the little rug on eBay or Etsy when it's done ...

Plastic Bag Yarn Crochet ...

I like crocheting with plastic bag "yarn" (a.k.a. "plarn"). I've made lots of crocheted plastic-bag bags (including these) ... but last weekend I saw a RUG crocheted out of plastic bags. 

So, of course, I had to try that idea ...

So, this crochet is a little tighter than my usual plarn crochet ... single layer of bag-yarn, and smaller crochet-hook ...

Anyway, I'm trying stripes of gray and white in a rectangular rug shape ...

I'll post more pictures when I have more progress to report.

Crocheted Plastic Bag Bags

So, I've had this cute little tiny crocheted plastic bag bag. You know, the kind that's crocheted out of plastic Wal-mart bags. 

Since it's lined with a sturdy mailer-type plastic bag (also recycled), I've been using it as a tiny purse.

The kind of purse that holds only the essentials: wallet, keys, phone, (and of course, chewing gum whenever possible!)

But, since that one was a little crammed, I made a new one. Everything fits inside the new purse without sticking out the top.

This one's also lined with one of those mailing bags, so that nothing little falls out the "holes" in the crochet.

I'm loving that my Wal-Mart is switching over to gray bags from their usual white. This bag has some gray, some white, and some white-and-purple bags from Taco Bell.

For size comparison, here's the old, next to the new.