Saturday, August 25, 2007

~ Preparing Plastic Bags for Crocheting ~

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Preparing plastic bags is pretty simple.

Start with a plastic bag.


Fold it in half.


Fold it in half several more times.


Cut the handles off.


Cut the bottom off.


Cut the bag into about one-inch strips.


You should end up with about 10 pieces per bag.


Unfold 2 pieces and loop them together.






Loop all the bag pieces together to form a chain.


Roll the plastic bag chain into a ball.


I typically wait until I have a lot of bags. Then I cut them all up and end up with a crazy mess like this. Then I roll this mess into several large balls.



~ Other (non plastic bag) Stuff I Crochet ~

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I like finding yarn at garage sales and thrift stores. I especially like really old yarn that was probably sitting in some old lady's closet for several decades. It makes me happy that someone probably bought the yarn with a specific project in mind, never got around to doing it (but thought they would, so kept it around forever just in case), finally got rid of the yarn, and now I'm able to put it to good use.
Here are some things I made with this yarn:

Thursday, August 23, 2007

~ Plastic Bag Koosies ~

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~ Plastic Bag Backpacks ~

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backpack
White Bags -- HEB
Brown Bags -- Fiesta, Central Market, Whole Foods, and Wheatsville

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backpack
Brown bags -- HEB
Green bags -- HEB in Mexico
Yellow and Blue bags -- Various places in Mexico

backpack
backpack
White Bags -- HEB and various other stores
Colored Bags -- various gift bags

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Colored Bags -- collected on the streets of Monterrey and Tampico
Yellow bottom -- Best Buy and American Statesman

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A little bit of everything

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Been Busy

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There is a big gap since my last report. Not an extended summer holiday, but our Woodland Fayre has kept me occupied for the last two months (as well as keeping an eye on the School's recycling centre).

The rain kept away and everything was more or less ready in time! The organisers had a good time and many visitors asked if our event was to be the first of many more! The answer is Yes, but not at the start of the summer holidays!

We were delighted to be chosen as a winner in Powergen's search for energy conscious Summer Fetes and were given £500 to help develop Buckle's Wood, 500 energy saving light bulbs to distribute and 2 energy saving boxes for raffle prizes.

I took the photo above this morning. It shows the second group of trees that we planted in Bucklle's Wood. The trees that we planted on behalf of all the companies that have supported Elmsett School's Recycling Centre, part of our first planing session, are behind me. All the trees are growing well and it is starting to feel like a woodland. Many people who came to the Woodland Fayre, walked round the wood for the first time and were surprised and enchanted by what they saw. A special place.