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Be Keen, Go Green
---Plastic Bag Yarn--- or PBY as i like to call it, can be any many colors. Most common are brown and white. Perfect for making water proof beach bags, outdoor rugs, bathmats, drink cozies, place mats....

Best part is if you are in the middle of crochet and you run out of string you can add it to the end, and not have to worry about securing the stitch.

I have used this in projects such as:

Plastic Bag Stool Upholstery
Soda Tab Swim Top...

Posted by AttackCat from Boca Raton, Florida, United States • Published See AttackCat's 35 projects »
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  • How to make a yarn. Plastic Bag Yarn (Pby) - Step 1
    Step 1

    First you need to get you plastic bag, whatever color you want, and lay it flat.

    Cut off the bottom seem and the handles.

    Cut into horizontal strips about an inch thick (depending on desired effect and use) that when opened create circles.

  • How to make a yarn. Plastic Bag Yarn (Pby) - Step 2
    Step 2

    Grab one of your strips (i pinched mine to make it easier to see) and open it to make a loop

  • How to make a yarn. Plastic Bag Yarn (Pby) - Step 3
    Step 3

    Take another strip and pull through. the loop half way.

    The first strip should be separating the second strip into two loops.

    Loop A & B

  • How to make a yarn. Plastic Bag Yarn (Pby) - Step 4
    Step 4

    Put your hand in loop A and grab loop B

  • How to make a yarn. Plastic Bag Yarn (Pby) - Step 5
    Step 5

    Pull loop B through loop A

  • How to make a yarn. Plastic Bag Yarn (Pby) - Step 6
    Step 6

    Tighten down till i creates a secure knot

    REPEAT

  • How to make a yarn. Plastic Bag Yarn (Pby) - Step 7
    Step 7

    once you have your desired length create a ball and you are done.

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Pinky T.
Pinky T. · Spring Hill, Florida, US · 7 projects
You know what would be useful? A tutorial for yarn ball making, or skien<sp?> making. My little bro-in-law just got some giant bags from toys'r'us, its gonna make a few yards of yarn itself..Happy
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FrolleinKram
FrolleinKram · Las Vegas, Nevada, US · 132 projects
I'm happy to see that I'm not the only crazy one on here who did that. XD
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Creativemind
Creativemind · Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US · 116 projects
Hehehe, I looked after I added mine, then deleted it when I found it, but it's all good.
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AttackCat
AttackCat · Boca Raton, Florida, US · 35 projects
Ops, i looked to see if it was on here, but i didn't find it anywhere.
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Creativemind
Creativemind · Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US · 116 projects
Yeah, neat and I had posted the same tutorial but deleted before it got posted because it's already on here. But still neat. I have a big ball of plastic ball string that have to do something with now.
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