Another Web site featured hats crocheted from plastic bags, and rugs woven with them. But it was a photo of a rug hooked with plastic bags that snagged her interest. "The designer talked about the ...

The RUR workshopu00a0u00a0in progress Hailing from Austin, Texas, this young woman popularises plastic bag crochet as an art ... bags and purses to top hats, rugs and drink holders, all striking ...

Another Web site featured hats crocheted from plastic bags and rugs woven with them. But, it was a photo of a rug hooked with plastic bags that snagged her interest. "The designer talked about the ...

You might want to think twice before putting a rug in your bathroom ... the catchy name for yarn made from plastic bags, but what if you don't know how to crochet, don't have a crochet hook ...

So if you have plastic bags, and you can crochet, you’re in. About 500 to 700 plastic bags go into each mat; they are lightweight and easy to roll up and carry. The idea came from how-to ...

hold sleeping mats they crocheted from disposable plastic bags. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Mozeleski) Perspective by John Kelly For Nancy Mozeleski, the disposable plastic shopping bag is far from ...

CAPE TOWN - Empty bread bags, two litre milk bottle labels and courier packaging are just some of the plastic items that have been re-purposed into creating bright and beautiful shopping bags by ...

What’s better than reusing while helping others? Turning plastic bags into crocheted-mats for the homeless became one of Operation Green Team’s mission. “It’s a huge improvement of laying ...

While learning about different crochet techniques, she discovered you can cut up the bags and turn them into plastic yarn, or "plarn." "You tie the pieces of the bag together," Allred explained.

Mercer spends her days turning plastic yarn — or plarn — into crocheted reusable shopping bags. She flattens out plastic shopping bags, then cuts them into strips of plastic yarn that she ...