A quick little tutorial on making “plarn” – plastic yarn made from grocery bags. You can crochet or knit with it to make environmentally responsible upcycled trashion items. Woohoo! Visit www.aephemera.net to check out the blog that this video is to be featured in. The song playing in the background is “Prince Charming” by Jim’s Big Ego. http Lyrics: I think you better cut all that hair off throw it out the window climb down from that tower flip the wicked witch the finger ain’t no use to wait for him to get you he’s out chasing his own demons not like you can really blame him you’ve got demons of your own and I hate to be the one to tell you cause it don’t seem so romantic but that’s the way it really goes and now you know you’re gonna have to be your own prince charming gonna have to ride your own stallion gonna have to find your own castle gonna have to raise your own sail and there’s gonna be a happy ending but that’s only the beginning this ain’t no fairy tale it’s true it’s real it’s you Cinderella stepped out of her glass slippers threw down that new apron put on a pair of old Doc Martens and stomped right out the door the prince was still chewing on his bacon as he hit the open road said life is full enough of disappointment to go kissing any toad and somewhere a band was playing “to-ra-loo-ra-loo-ra” you go out and see the world girl have yourself a ball you’re gonna have to be your own prince charming gonna have to ride your own stallion gonna have to find your …
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Thanks!!
I love Jim’s Big Ego!! Great music choice and neat craft/recycling idea. What are you making with your plarn? It would have been cool to see some FO’s at the end!
saw a nice plarn crocheted hat at the East Bay Transfer Station kids’ education program. It’s a cool idea.
plaaaaaarrrrrn =3
Thanks for the video. It was really helpful to me to see how it’s done.
Ok.. I’m making me a bag out of bags!
What size (gauge) crochet hook do you use? I want to try this but I only have a 5.0mm hook. Can I assume that would work?
good , clear video. thankyou for sharing.
Wow that is the coolest thing.
What is the name of the song you’re listening to in this video?
icaj19, try and fold the bag so it’s straight and cut straight across… good luck!
shoeshinecs, thanks!
PEEPS, you want to try and make the knots kind of tight, so they’re not very lumpy. the whole thing is going to have a texture to it, so don’t worry too much about it, though.
This is great! I wish I would have seen this before I started making plarn.
i working on one right now and i’m stuck i got this thing out of a magizen and there chochet knots are so big i don’t get how to do that is it the size of the crhochet tool or the size of the bags?
ok so everytime i try cutting the strips they never go straight. is it the way i am folding the bag or something?
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Make sure when you’re looping that you’re making sure that it’s nice and even. If you’re crocheting and you get to a place where there’s a loop that’s uneven, you can un-knot it and re-do it so that it’s not bunchy. Good luck!
when i went to make my plarn an crochet, it seemed that the 2 ply would stretch on 1 side an i get loops an extra, driving me nuts any suggestions?
great tutorial! I’ve been wanting to learn how to make plarn
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