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Do you have lots of plastic grocery bags around and can you crochet or do you have a friend that can crochet. Make “plarn” bags out of them. Plarn stands for plastic yarn.

I made one last winter out of all my bags, this year I have been working on some smaller ones. The yellow and green one was from grocery bags my mother and daughter saved for me. The yellow beads for the handle came from the a thrift/second hand store. 

 This one, below,  was made out plastic bags that were thinner and softer, I had  dark green, cream color, and clear plastic bags.   The smaller shorter one was made from brown bags and white bags. The white bags with different colored printing add a pretty design look to the bag.

You can make your plarn bag any size you want. The one I made last year, my granddaughter uses as her “overnight” bag when she comes to stay at our house.

So during these long dark winter days, have some fun use your creativity and recycle those plastic grocery bags into something more durable and useful.

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Tags: plarn bags, recycle and reuse

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