Lay the bag sideways on a flat surface and cut off the bottom of the bread bag leaving a.
How to make a plarn rug.
Making plarn or plastic yarn from old plastic shopping bags is an easy process that can be done in a multitude of ways.
These plastic rugs are really handy for boots and doormats.
Crochet yourself a round plarn rug.
Jennifer williams of moonlit circus explains how to make plarn plastic yarn from used grocery bags and shows some of the totes and bags she s created by.
No it s not slippery at all.
All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat.
To make creating the colored rings in the rug easier i took my bags of bags and sorted the various bags into separate colors.
You then crochet with it.
If you don t want your rug to follow a pattern you can skip sorting.
I have a free crochet pattern available if you want to make this rug.
The ultimate recycled market bag go green while shopping with this awesome handmade plarn bag.
The number of balls of plarn you need to make a rug depends on the size of rug you want.
Stop with the whining about using new bags already.
How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic.
In this tutorial you ll learn how to prepare the bag and two ways to cut it up into strips the spiral and the slit skirt method that s the same one you use to make t shirt yarn.
I decided to take on a massive undertaking to make a kitchen rug after seeing the prices of store bought rugs for the size i needed 13 feet long by 3 1 2 feet wide and before you ask.
You can just rinse them off and hang to dry.
If you are not familiar with the term plarn it s plastic bags cut into strips to create yarn.