Four years ago the wind broke my enormous rainbow umbrella. I was upset, but not so upset that I put it in a bin. Oh no, I dragged it home with me, and left the rainbow fabric in my room for four years, waiting for me to find something to do with it.
Today I made a necklace from it.
Happy days.
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Cut your umbrella (or other fabric, you can use plastic bags) up into strips. They absolutely do not have to be the same length, if they're varied lengths it's more fun.
Next take three strips of the fabric, tie them at one end and plait them together. I used three different coloured strips in each of my plaits for fun.
Whenever one of the lengths of fabric runs out, tie a new one onto the end, and continue doing this for aaaaages until you have a plait as long as you want. I think mine was 3-4 meters long in the end, but if you want something wearable then go for a bit less
When you have your long plait, tie one end to a point further along the plait, and then loop it around once more, this time bigger, and tie again, etc etc until you have used up all your strip and/or are satisfied with how many loops you have.
(The loops have to be big enough to accomodate your head)
If you have a strip left over at the end, it's nice to tie a bow at the back. It's not particuarly functional but it looks pretty.
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Chelsea K.
19 Mar 02:06
Dude that is so gangster! you didja make it?
Zombie Soup
19 Mar 02:27
thats spectacular! I would kill for a rainbow umbrella, but my pikachu one suits me fine
Ryden
19 Mar 08:50
Nice recycling! Loving the necklace!
Maraluce M.
19 Mar 10:20
That's so cool :o Great job!
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19 Mar 12:25
I like, definitely. Thanks for showing!!
Cat Morley
19 Mar 17:34
It looks fantastic and what a great idea for recycling an umbrella!
miquette
23 Mar 00:36
THIS IS ULTRA COOL! i walked past a broken umbrella the other day that had been abandoned in a bush! i had to go back and get it as it had the cutest black material with little hearts on it! so i got home and cut off the material! i still haven't made anything with it yet but it is great to know someone else has recycled an umbrella too! great minds think alike haha :P
euapap p.
11 Apr 20:46
It's not very comprehensive without pictures