Striped Recycled Plastic Bag Tote
I crocheted this latest recycled plastic bag or plarn tote using lots of white plastic bags and a few red and grey plastic bags. Recycling all the white retail plastic bags I get can be challenging. Let’s face it, the white bags are boring and need something to help brighten up the project when you crochet or knit with them. So by adding some colorful bags, I created a few stripes to spice up this recycled tote bag.
I used the free recycled round grocery tote pattern to crochet this bag. I just changed up the stripes of colored plarn a bit for a different look than the original pattern. But otherwise it’s the same pattern. As with any pattern, you can always just make a few changes which will result in a new look.
Below is another picture taken with the tote bag laying down flat.
This tote bag measures 13 inches standing tall and 12 inches across. I recycled nearly 60 plastic bags to create this bag. So YAY for another 60 plastic bags recycled and repurposed into something useful.
Tags: crochet, grocery-tote, plarn, plastic bags, recycled-bag, reuseable-bag, tote, tote-bag
Aug 30, 2016
Great ideas for recycling polythene.
Nov 08, 2016
I tried making one a couple years ago. I found that crocheting with plarn was difficult but then again I was new to crochet. I like your bag, will have to try it again.
Nov 10, 2016
Candy – I hope you will try crocheting again with plastic bag yarn. It does take some getting used to and practice does help. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.
Feb 16, 2019
Just came across you website and am absolutely loving all of these bags ideas!! Can’t wait to start trying your patterns!!! Thank you so much for sharing these amazing ideas!!
Feb 16, 2019
Thanks Sarah! Hope you enjoy the patterns and let me know if you have any questions as you work your project.