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Food & crafts => Crafts => Topic started by: Bionic on April 23, 2012, 09:58:37 am

Title: Recycle your plastic bags
Post by: Bionic on April 23, 2012, 09:58:37 am

I have attached a knitting pattern for a tote bag made from old plastic bags. 

Looks fun to make and good for those of you into recycling.

Sally

Title: Re: Recycle your plastic bags
Post by: Fleecewife on April 23, 2012, 11:38:36 am

It looks good  :thumbsup:   You would have to tailor your shopping preferences to buy in shops which have interesting-coloured plastic bags  :D   You can also make proddy rugs with plastic bags.

Title: Re: Recycle your plastic bags
Post by: suziequeue on April 23, 2012, 01:24:19 pm

What's a proddy bag?

Title: Re: Recycle your plastic bags
Post by: Fleecewife on April 23, 2012, 03:25:11 pm

Quote from: suziequeue on April 23, 2012, 01:24:19 pm

What's a proddy bag?

a proddy rug - it's a rag rug, made by prodding bits of recycled clothes into a hessian backing.....but you could alternatively do one with plastic bags using the latch tool usually used for cut wool rugs I suppose.   I'm not sure what a rug of plastic bags would feel like underfoot.

Title: Re: Recycle your plastic bags
Post by: suziequeue on April 23, 2012, 04:49:58 pm

Sorry - proddy rug......

Title: Re: Recycle your plastic bags
Post by: Lesley Silvester on April 23, 2012, 11:53:36 pm

Thanks for this Sally.  I'll give it a go.