Plastic bags cut into strips for Plarn

Plarn is my new favorite word.  It’s also my new favorite thing.  Ever.  Quite a while ago, I switched to using reusable bags when I go to the grocery store.  However, I still had this stash of plastic bags under my kitchen sink.  I’ve been trying to find something creative to do with them, and finally…I found it!

I’ve been submitting stories from this website to the All Things Eco blog carnival.  In reading through this past week’s newsletter, I found a website dedicated to taking materials like plastic bags and tape from cassette and VHS tapes and…wait for it…crocheting them!  It is awesome.  The website is called My Recycled Bags.com and the project I have decided to embark upon is the Ultimate Grocery Bag.  In this project, you take plastic bags, cut them up to create Plarn (plastic yarn) and then crochet it to create a reusable grocery tote.

Ball of Plarn!

So far, I have successfully created the ball of plarn – next step is to begin the crocheting process.  Stay tuned!