Sitting here eating a California Burrito and saw this... anytime I see someone recycling plastic this way I appreciate them! Living in Cali plastic bags have been being phased out, if you go to any of the beaches they just wash up often. This is a really cool concept. Could make christmas stockings out of this lol Pretty creative, man! I dig it!
I just taught myself to crochet so that I could work with plarn. I’ve made a small basket so far that I am using as a plant holder. It will take some time for me to regulate my tension enough to do a bag, I think. I’ve started on my second basket, and I’m using the join as you work method so that I can switch colors easily. Thanks for the inspiration to maybe try another method.
There are so many ways to work with plarn! This technique was my intro to new techniques, (I also started in crochet) but I've been trying even more. If you haven't seen it yet, check out my "Plarn Time" playlist for other ideas--I add to it ever couple of months with new techniques I'm trying out! ru-vid.com/group/PLGzkNlVtXX7p1wInZlMFN4kjl96acJWKO&si=Nxr3zqYQJKQyoZCg
Oh yeah-I really enjoy all the things you can do with plastic bags! Have you seen my "plarn time" playlist? All sorts of ideas and experiments to see what can be made from plastic bags! (I've got a coiled basket in there too)
I joined some of the plarn I made by cutting the loops of the bag, making a single strip, then joining the ends. I do that by placing them under a piece of parchment and fusing with an iron set on a low temp. It took a little experimenting to find the right iron setting.
That's an interesting idea! You're giving me an idea for another technique for making a container from plastic bags-and I'll make sure to share it on here if it works out!
@@jeffandthings77 They were decently comfortable too, they just need a somewhat loose stitch, like the york stitch, but I have no idea how durable they can be.
As for durability, especially in adverse conditions. A plarn bowl I nalbound for storing steel scraps has survived several years now just sitting out in the garage, just being a bowl. So plarn's decently durable as a fabric.
Have you ever tried the single strand plarn? It is basically cutting bag in a spiral. I much prefer it for crocheting plarn. Have not tried it with nalbinding as yet
I have not. The biggest reason is that I love the "bulky" nature of the loop based plarn which lets the knots hide...I'm sort of afraid that the knots would be more apparent when connecting single strands of plarn. But that could be worth trying out!
