Sunday 8 September 2013

Experimenting with upcycling

I've seen some cool crochet ideas online lately, and I've got some inspiration. I wanted to try my hands with transforming old plastic bags into something useful and good-looking. I was surprised by the easiness of creating the yarn (dubbed as "plarn" by some) and it's easier to work with than I thought. Also, since I'm using brown bags, the result looks surprisingly natural. I'm going to keep experimenting with this material, I think it can be perfect for bags, baskets and other kitchen-related stuff.
So here are the steps of transformation:

1. Ugly bag

2. Weird-looking "yarn"

3. Starting the work


4. The finished product

















I'm completely excited about this new technique! If you have any other ideas for upcycling plastic bags or any interesting experience with it, please share!