I'm busy at work finishing up my plarn shopping bag, which will be my first full post, but here are some photos to whet your appetite.
A ball of the "plarn" I'm working with. I'm making it out of Safeway bags and other plastic bags using the same colorway, which I could blend seamlessly in. San Francisco has banned most stores in the city from using plastic bags, which leaves me begging my friends and family for their used bag stashes.
Here's the bag that I have in progress.
All the other plarn bags I've seen out there are crocheted rather than knitted, but here are some more resources:
The loop method for creating plarn: This is the method I used to create two-ply plarn. I like it because the multiple strips hold together very solidly
The zig-zag method for creating plarn: This looks appealing because you wind up with twice as much yarn for your bag, and can use a smaller gauge needle. But I'm wary of the fact that it uses square knots, which seem a lot less stable than interlocking loops.
Crochet pattern for plarn: A sweet flowered purse.
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