[Raptor235]

The first in a series of holiday gift projects made from recycled materials.

I hate plastic grocery bags. HATE THEM. They are always more numerous that I ever can come up with uses for, and they overflow from the numerous ‘creative’ solutions I’ve come up with for places to house them. Their only redeeming factor is when my cat gets into one and runs around the house with it streaming from his collar like a Superman cape.

That’s why I was so excited when I was introduced to crocheting with them! I’ve always loved crocheting and knitting but found my projects either too small for their intended user (5 years after they were begun is my usual timeframe for completion) or not particularly useful. Using plastic bags, cut into strips and fashioned into two-ply ‘yarn,’ it is easy, quick and useful to create re-usable, handsome, bags of various sizes for everything from shopping to purses.You can find the entire article here http://aboutmyplanet.com/daily-green...cycled-project

[peachy]

Yeah, I've seen them at the local farmer's market. THey're really quite snazzy. And you can have them whatever colour you want!