My Recycled Bags.com » recycled-plastic-crafting http://www.myrecycledbags.com Come Learn and Share Information about Recycling, Crocheting & Green Crafting Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:27:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Plastic Ditty Bag http://www.myrecycledbags.com/2010/02/05/plastic-ditty-bag/ http://www.myrecycledbags.com/2010/02/05/plastic-ditty-bag/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:21:58 +0000 Cindy http://www.myrecycledbags.com/?p=5439
I fell in love with this crocheted ditty bag pattern when I first saw it. It’s so cute and has a handy strap that threads through the front of the bag. You may recognize this pattern by Dot Matthews that she created and used regular worst yarn to crochet her bag. I wanted to try crocheting the pattern using recycled plastic bags or plarn. Here is my finished plastic ditty bag.

Because plastic bag yarn is thicker, my ditty bag came out a bit larger than Dot’s bag. I followed Dot’s pattern except that I had to crochet 27 rounds before doing the handle rather than her pattern that calls for 22 rounds. Other than that, I crocheted the bag according to the free pattern available here.

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My finished plastic ditty bag measures 7 inches tall, 7 inches across the bottom and has a 14 inch long handle strap. So whether you want to crochet with regular yarn or plarn, this pattern makes for a cute ditty bag and would be wonderful reusable gift bag project too.[…]

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