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I saw a video about ten years ago on crocheting with plarn (plastic bag yarn) and I thought it was such a neat idea. There was just one problem: I didn't know how to crochet. So, I started hoarding all my plastic bags (even more than I already was) thinking, "Oh, I'll learn how to crochet one day!" I finally learned to crochet a few weeks ago and now I'm working my way through my massive bag stash. I left the tail ends on and tried to tie them into decorations so I wouldn't waste any of the plastic.

I am way too excited about my trash bag bag. :)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

That’s awesome, it’s probably way stronger this way too!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How many plastic bags did that take?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I haven't managed to count but I'm going through bags really quickly doing this. That bag was probably 2/3 of all the white plastic bags I've collected over the years.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is amazing! I know you said you saw the initial video 10 years ago, but do you think you could share any resources that helped you put this together? I've got my own stash of plastic bags that could be put to use :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This video shows how to cut up plastic bags to make plarn. It takes a while but it's easy to do while watching or listening to something. For the bag, I followed this video.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Nice, thank you so much! I'll give those a watch

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

They can make a pretty decent string/rope to tie stuff off too!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

(slaps roof) this baby can catch so many sea turtles

Fr tho this is really cool. Great work.