Plastic Yarn

PLASTIC YARN 

-yarn made of grocery bags-

This is a tutorial on how to make yarn out of plastic grocery bags so that you can knit, crochet, or weave with it. 

What do you need?

Plastic grocery bags (how many and what color is up to you and the size of what your making)

Scissors 

How to do it

 First, flatten out and smooth down the bag. Then fold it in half twice, and cut off the handles and the sealed bottom

 Next, cut strips that are about half an inch wide.

Lastly, knot the strips together one at a time like the drawing shows. Loop the end of one strip through the end of the other. Pull that end through itself, and pull it tight. 

Be careful when you pull the knots tight, because if you pull too hard you can break the strip. If a strip does rip apart, simply do a square knot to make it a loop again.

Once you have a bag stripped and tied together, you can wrap it into a ball, or wrap it around something to keep it from getting tangled.

I hope you enjoyed this simple tutorial, and have a wondrous day!

As always, feel free to leave comments, suggestions, questions, pictures of your projects, or anything else you can think of!