Crochet With Recycled Materials
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How To Splice T-Shirt Yarn Pieces And Make A Ball of Yarn!
If you are like me and you can't stand to waste even the tiniest pieces of yarn, you'll surely appreciate this suggestion: make a ball of yarn using up all those little pieces, or not so little pieces. You know the tiny bits left over, or in my case the scraps that you cut off after weaving in the ends. Sometimes that pile of ends that you've just cut off your project can be quite large, and really, a shame to just toss in the garbage! Now if you happen to think that I'm quite possibly off my rocker, then fine, I totally understand, use your time for something else,…
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The Best Way To Make Yarn From Sheets, Hands Down!
Passover is just around the corner, which means we have started going through closets and organizing our possessions, for starters! Of course, this includes a good look at the linens and choosing things which have seen better days and are ready to be made into rag yarn. I have had more time letely to make yarn from sheets and linens than actaully crochet with them, but just knowing those balls of rags are ready and waiting is a great feeling, whenever their time may be! After years of making yarn from sheets, pillow cases, comforter covers and of course t-shirts, I have finally realized the simplest and best way to…
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Crocheted Flower Basket Made With Plastic Bag Yarn
I just discovered a wonderful way to use my crocheted basket made with plastic bag yarn, as a flower basket centerpiece or placed anywhere you need a little injection of fun spring color! Buy some flowers from the nursery and use them for a few days indoors before planting them outdoors, the best idea for enjoying fresh flowers on a budget! This cute little basket, made from plastic bags from the grocery store, which are certainly something you don't want to put in the garbage looks great with the scalloped top, and you could also use this same technique to made a sleeve for a plastic pot to be used…
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Crocheted Bath Scrubbie Using Potato Sacks
Crocheting scrubbies using upcycled potato sacks is one of my favorite ways to go green. It is a great way to use up odds and ends of yarn, and to make something useful out of something you'd ordinarily throw in the garbage. I started out crocheting very simple kitchen scrubbies, and then i realized that this idea could certainly be used to make scrubbies for the bath and shower as well. And why not use this project to try out some simple trim patterns as well? So I now introduce to you the crocheted bath scrubbie with picot trim, give it a try!
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Crocheted Basket Using Plastic Bags For Spring
Crochet a fun basket for spring using yarn made from plastic bags.
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Make Yarn From Plastic Bags To Use For Holiday Crafting!
Imagine my delight when my local grocery store temporarily switched from yellow plastic grocery bags to purple plastic grocery bags…….pure heaven as it were for a dedicated recycling crafter like me, right? I was actually swooning I believe, or maybe that was on account of the mesh potato sacks that instead of their standard white became orange, right around the same time!
