Comments on: Instructions for cutting plastic bags & creating recycled plastic yarn

By: Out of Yarn? « Stuff Made from Stuff

Out of Yarn? « Stuff Made from Stuff — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:14:03 +0000

[...] bags make yarn in a cool, inexpensive way. I decided to give plastic bag yarn making a try, using these instructions. Note: normally I would not have plastic bags, but I am living in a world of no reusable bags, if [...]

By: Sewing with recycled plastic | Ingenuity for life

Sewing with recycled plastic | Ingenuity for life — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:53:26 +0000

[...] use, get rid of it and convert it into something useful. You can make strips with them and create plarn, which then you can knit or crochet like regular yarn. I haven’t tried that, but I’ve [...]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:23:54 +0000

Whenever I make plarn I first fold the bag so there is about two to three inches along one edge.((this is of course after I cut the bottom and handles off. Then I fold the folded end up to meet the previous folded area. Then I cut to the edge of the last folded part so there is still the two to three inches left then I open the bag up and along the now four to six inches I cut diagonally from one slit to the next making a continuous piece for me to use

By: Annette

Annette — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:35:33 +0000

Thank you for providing this information. Both of my daughters are in Girl Scouts and this would be a great Eco/Craft project for them to work on. AND, finally, a craft I can do without having to go out and buy supplies. I have everything on hand for this already!

By: PLARN! « Kitonet's Cartel

PLARN! « Kitonet's Cartel — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 06:08:15 +0000

[...] wanted to share this today with you,my loyal readers.Learn to recycle those old Wal-Mart bags! Make yarn.I found her site to be informative and interesting,she is most certainly an eco-warrior.Don’t [...]

By: PLARN! « Kitonet's Cartel

PLARN! « Kitonet's Cartel — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:20:15 +0000

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By: 65¢ Knit Project! « myknitche

65¢ Knit Project! « myknitche — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:11:06 +0000

[...] I mentioned in my previous Adventures in Plarn post I used the instructions found here to make my plarn. 12-13 bags were used to make this [...]

By: Adventures in Plarn! « myknitche

Adventures in Plarn! « myknitche — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:16:10 +0000

[...] easy. I searched through blogs here and found Flextiles blog post about a plarn bowl with a link to myrecycledbags.com‘s instructions for making plarn. I followed the instructions and cut all my loops somewhere [...]

By: 5 ways to be green with your kitty | modcatlove

5 ways to be green with your kitty | modcatlove — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:34:32 +0000

[...] 2. If you can’t flush your litter, then use bags from packaging (cereal bags, chip bags, etc.) for disposal. These bags typically aren’t recyclable, and they just go in the trash anyway, so why not find another use for them before tossing them? A lot of people use plastic grocery bags for this purpose, but these bags can be recycled (and also upcycled—ever heard of plarn?). [...]

By: Andrew Cheng

Andrew Cheng — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:43:01 +0000

Thanks for the detailed instructions, I can’t wait to give this a try!
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