Comments on: Recycled Plarn Net Market Bag

By: Recycle ...Reuse | Our Simple Life - Our Journey

Recycle ...Reuse | Our Simple Life - Our Journey — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:43:51 +0000

[...] bag I bring from home but the ones I do get I am going to save and cut up to crochet additional re-useable shopping bags. Now I just have to locate a #10 crochet hook. I have to collect 47 plastic grocery bags to [...]

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:38:49 +0000

@Allison:
I haven’t done a bag with both handles but I do think its possible. I will
make a note of this and maybe try and get a sample done after the holidays and post the instructions. I think its a wonderful idea and this would work well for people who want it both ways.

By: Allison

Allison — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 05:55:47 +0000

OK, this is an odd question. Could you do a bag with both handles? I know that I find myself using the long handles sometimes and at other times, using the small/short handles. I bought a market bag from Sam’s that has both and love it! I have the option to throw it over my shoulder OR carry it with the short handles.

If it would be possible, do you think that you could post those directions, please?

Thanks so much!

By: What to do with rustic yarn? « Craft Doodling

What to do with rustic yarn? « Craft Doodling — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:32:36 +0000

[...] Recycle Cindy’s Market bag [...]

By: Isn’t It Ironic? « Free Is a Lark

Isn’t It Ironic? « Free Is a Lark — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:42:54 +0000

[...] Fiber Fun meetings. I decided a net market bag might be fun, so I did a pattern search and found this–a bag made from plastic shopping bags. The irony was too delicious for me. I had to begin [...]

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:57:03 +0000

I learned to crochet this fall so I could make plarn bags. I regularly raid the recycle bins (with permisssion) at local grocery stores and tell folks i meet how to make these bags. Next thing I’m going to do is write up a quick description and include links to a few patterns like yours so when people ask i can just hand them info.

Last week I picked up a bag full of bags from the recycle bin, got home and opened it, and realized it was a bag full of bag scraps: someone else in my town is making plarn! HOORAY! Let’s start a movement.

By: Make It from Scratch Carnival

Make It from Scratch Carnival — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:07:14 +0000

[...] presents Recycled Plarn Net Market Bag posted at My Recycled Bags.com. I’m not a crocheter myself, however my mother has authored [...]

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:29:14 +0000

I love it! when I saw it, I didn't realize that it was crochet, and I was like "wha?" but its incredibly cool. I'm from my eco action blog, and my friend Katou Natsumi's friend's blog, Division X. lol, I think I'll add this website to both of their blog lists, since they are both about being green. =D Angela’s last blog post..Thrift stores and garage sales.

By: amy

amy — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:29:50 +0000

I have been making bags like these for years and always have great response from everyone who finds out what my bag is really made out of. I would encourage everyone to make these or similar bags. Usually I wing it and work without a pattern (it’s easy once you get the basic idea down) and come up with something new all the time. I still use my large “market bag” constantly. I put a strap that is about forty inches so it would hang across my chest at hip level. I am able to carry two gallons of milk up the stairs to my 3rd floor apartment easily with it.

By: Madeleine

Madeleine — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:07:35 +0000

That is a very cute ‘plarn’ bag! I am currently trying to make a bag out of plastic yarn, (thanks to your tutorial).