Recycling plastic bags

I decided after returning home with yet another pile of

plastic bags...

That it was about time I started to think about recycling.

Now I do normally recycle my plastic bags 

but not quite

like this...

 

After reading a few tutorials I started to make some "plastic yarn"...

Which was very easy.

I did workout very quickly that you need a larger hook

 to make the crocheting easier.

I used a size 10mm.

and before too long I had a recycled plastic bag, bag.

complete with a bit of plastic flower bling...

So why not give it a go,

at least it will cost you nothing...

Kaspar's Crocheted Wrist-warmer Tutorial

Hi everyone.

My name is Kaspar and I am 16 years old.

My mum has been trying to teach me to crochet

since I was young.

I didn't get the hang of it until last year.

I think crocheting is great.

I get to make stuff for myself and my friends.

If I end up making too many things I could even have a stall at the markets.

But that might be a way off as I do end up using all the things I make.

This pattern started because I wanted long wrist-warmers but I wanted the pattern

to be easy.

 Mum helped me work on it and now I have made lots of pairs for me and my friends.

I kinda have small arms and so does Mum

so you might have to add a couple of rows if you crochet too tight or your arms are

a bit bigger.

I have a easy PDF to click on and you can print it off if you like.

I am going to add a couple of photos so you get the idea of how I made them too.

The first one is how I measured to make sure that it was long enough.

In this one it shows you how I added the marker.

You can see I am working in the back loops as well.

When you fold it in half you need to hand stitch it together.

I am really bad at that so Mum sews them up.

and there is a spot for your thumb as well.

So that's about it.

Really easy and I can make a pair in 3 days and they are really nice to wear.

Thanks everyone for looking at my tutorial

and I hope that some day I can start my own Blog

and share what I have been making.

But for now thanks Mum for all the help and letting me post about it.

Kaspar!