You Will Need

10 minutes
Pretty Easy


Plastic Yarn

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Make Yarn From Plastic Bags

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    Take a plastic bag and lay it flat on the ground. Make sure you get all the air out.

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    Fold bag in half and then in half again.


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    Cut off bottom of bag and handles. Cut bag into approximately one inch strips.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    You should have a bunch of strips that look like this.


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    This part is kind of hard to explain with a picture, but I'll try...
    Pull apart all of the little pieces that you cut and overlap two pieces and pull to chain them together.

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    You should pull so that you end up with a tight knot.

  7. Step 7

    Step 7

    After stringing a few bags together you will have a really long string of plastic yarn.

  8. Step 8

    Step 8

    Roll plastic yarn into a ball and start crocheting! You can treat this just as you would any other yarn.

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Emily

Emily

August 1st, 2008 04:28

oh, yay this is cool. ive sort of been wondering about how to make this.....
thanks!

Tammy M.

Tammy M.

August 1st, 2008 13:43

No problem. I was wanting to know how to make it for a long time too. I took a class at the library earlier this week and learned how to do it there.

DIS.AR.RAY

DIS.AR.RAY

August 2nd, 2008 19:02

YOU ARE MY HERO!!! I saw a girl make a bag made of plastic bags on here, and I was wondering HOW! Thank you so much! This should be fun :D

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

August 12th, 2008 16:17

I've been knitting one for a while but since I always say no to plastic bags in stores, I never have enough to finish my bag. Hehe

Mama Zoe

Mama Zoe

November 5th, 2008 17:08

It wouldn't be as thick, but I found a tute on making a pillowcase into one long continuous "yarn"... it would work for a plastic bag, too... I should try it and post it as a version. :)