Plastic Yarn

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  Step 1

  Take a plastic bag and lay it flat on the ground. Make sure you get all the air out.

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  Step 2

  Fold bag in half and then in half again.

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  Step 3

  Cut off bottom of bag and handles. Cut bag into approximately one inch strips.

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  Step 4

  You should have a bunch of strips that look like this.

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  Step 5

  This part is kind of hard to explain with a picture, but I'll try...
  Pull apart all of the little pieces that you cut and overlap two pieces and pull to chain them together.

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  Step 6

  You should pull so that you end up with a tight knot.

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  Step 7

  After stringing a few bags together you will have a really long string of plastic yarn.

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  Step 8

  Roll plastic yarn into a ball and start crocheting! You can treat this just as you would any other yarn.

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Mama Zoe · Oshawa, Ontario, CA · 7 projects 5th November 2008

It wouldn't be as thick, but I found a tute on making a pillowcase into one long continuous "yarn"... it would work for a plastic bag, too... I should try it and post it as a version.

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Cat Morley · London, GB · 1432 projects 12th August 2008

I've been knitting one for a while but since I always say no to plastic bags in stores, I never have enough to finish my bag. Hehe

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DIS.AR.RAY · Las Vegas, Nevada, US · 32 projects 2nd August 2008

YOU ARE MY HERO!!! I saw a girl make a bag made of plastic bags on here, and I was wondering HOW! Thank you so much! This should be fun

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Tammy M. · Chicago, Illinois, US · 5 projects 1st August 2008

No problem. I was wanting to know how to make it for a long time too. I took a class at the library earlier this week and learned how to do it there.

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Emily · Springfield, Missouri, US · 8 projects 1st August 2008

oh, yay this is cool. ive sort of been wondering about how to make this.....
thanks!

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