https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/crocheted-plarn-purse • Posted by Govinda R.
This is a crocheted purse made of plarn (plastic yarn), which is made from grocery bags that were filling up a kitchen closet.
This is a crocheted purse made of plarn (plastic yarn), which is made from grocery bags that were filling up a kitchen closet.
Smooth out a plastic grocery bag on the floor. Cut off the handles and the seam at the bottom. Fold the bag up almost all the way, like this.
Cut off the messy ends. Now make cuts through the folded part, about one inch apart.
Now put your non-dominant hand and arm through the bag. Open it up.
Cut from the middle of the top to the first cut on the left. A long piece of plarn should fall. Now cut from the first cut on the right to the second cut on the left. Keep going.
Plarn!
Roll it up, just like you would yarn.
Crochet a circle, When it gets as big as you want it to, stop increasing. Make the bag as big as you want.
Make a strap. I used two strands because the strap will stretch out. I also used a half-single crochet stitch for the strap. I have made a few of these, and the straps do stretch.
I made a flap by crocheting a half circle. Start a circle, but go back and forth instead of around. Don't go all the way around. I attached the strap and the flap with a half-single crochet.
I put the kind of Velcro that has a strong adhesive on the back on it to close the flap. They sell it in the hardware part of grocery stores. Yeah! A new bag! Made of garbage!