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Crochet a Recycled Plastic Shoulder Bag

Recycled Shoulder Bag
This is one of my all time favorite bags that I have created. It’s a crocheted shoulder bag made of recycled tan plastic grocery bags. It is a quick and easy crochet project to try if you are just starting out doing recycled crafts. If you need to know how to create yarn […]

Sharing Other Great Websites

I have come across many wonderful websites and blogs that support my ideas about recycling and crafting in the last few weeks. I wanted to share some of them so you too could benefit from their insightful postings.
http://greenbeingnancy.blogspot.com/
Nancy of Selangor, MY is a GreenBeing trying to invade the earth with a bunch of […]

Crocheted Plastic Bag Coasters

Recycled Plastic Bag Coasters
I had been asked recently if I had a recycled coaster pattern. At that time, I did not have a pattern nor had I ever crocheted any coasters using recycled plastic bags. I decided that there are many things that I need to crochet using recycled plastic bags. So I have complied […]

Crocheted Denim Rag Bag

This week I have been working on a new recycled idea. A crocheted rag bag using recycled denim. I had a few old denim shirts that I didn’t want to throw away so I decided that I needed to get the ole’ creative juices flowing and use them in a project. It turned out to […]

Recycled Cassette Tape Granny Square Bag

Cassette Tape Granny Square Motif Bag
This week’s bag is a recycled little purse crocheted from plastic tan grocery bags and brown cassette tapes. This was an interesting and challenging project. Unfortunately I found out that cassette tapes come in several shades of browns after I was halfway done with my bag. I finally had […]

Update on Crafting with Recycled Materials

I wanted to bring everyone up to date on my latest discoveries and completed projects using different recycled materials. Recently I used VHS tape to crochet an evening bag and also a round Motif bag purse. It works fairly well to crochet using the VHS tape but you do need to pull a bit […]

You can't crochet a bean bag chair, but you can find a terrific bean bag chairs here. We have large love sacs for adults, and small bean bags for the kiddies at The BeanbagChairOutlet.com.