A photo tour of my latest plarn purse:
Step one: Gather bags! These were donated by my mother-in-law and father-in-law. Thanks!
Step Two: Cut the bags into strips/loops and ball them up. I call this “spinning plarn.” For this bag, I estimated I’d need about 20 bags. (I was spot-on, too!)
Step Three: Crochet! I made this design up as I went along. Since I’ve been using free patterns from the internet for previous bags, I can’t sell them. (Those patterns are the property of the designers and can’t be used for profit by anyone else.) I’m pretty happy with this one!
Step Four: Add embellishments. For this one, I used Bernat’s Bling Bling yarn, and if you look closely, you’ll see an “A” charm. The recipient of this bag’s name starts with A, so I thought it would be a fun touch.
This is a nice, summery bag, the perfect size to hold wallet, phone, keys, errands list, and a few odds and ends (juice boxes for the kids?). I hope she likes it!
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March 21, 2009 at 3:30 am
Virginia
Greetings! Nice site to showcase your talents. You mentioned your stripped, joined plastic that you call spinning plarn. I’ve been researching it as a hopefully prospective hobby and have found that these balls you call “spun” are actually not yet spun unless you have spun them. There is good news, however, because they can be spun, but look great as they are if you are able to use them as they are. It appears you are well able to do so. I say this, because I ran into snags using my unspun plarn if I switched to different plies of plastic (I was thinking possibly it would work out, but doesn’t.) Therefore, I decided to look into spinning the joined strips of plarn and plan to start that project tomorrow after making my drop spindle.
March 21, 2009 at 9:19 am
aimeewrites
Hello! Yes, I know it’s not actually spun, that is a tongue-in-cheek description. Check out Laughing Purple Goldfish‘s blog, she actually has spun some. Good luck with your endeavor.