Crochet with Plastic Bags
September 25th, 2007 by HeatherI was searching the internet looking for crochet grocery bags, and I stumbled onto Marlo’s Crochet Corner. Posted there is an excellent tutorial on how to reuse your plastic grocery bags to make a tote bag.
I love this idea! It would make a nice, thick and sturdy bag to carry your groceries in, while helping the environment.
So then I did more searching, and I found lots of ideas for using plastic bags in your projects:
A water bottle holder (I really like this one!)
And I also found collections of ideas!
I find this very inspirational, and I can see some recycled products in my future!! Has anyone tried this? Have you had success or any pointers to share? 
September 25th, 2007 at 5:52 am
Thanks for this groovy link!
September 25th, 2007 at 5:58 am
I seem to remember my great grandmother talking about making crocheted rugs out of old plastic bread-wrappers. I would imagine you could use plastic grocery bags to make rugs similarly. They’re really tough and were good rugs to have at the doorway to a mud-room to scrub your shoes off when you come in from the yard!
September 25th, 2007 at 7:53 am
if you happen to be more of the knitting type, here is a pattern for cutting bags into yarn and then knitting a grocery bag:
http://hakucho.blogspot.com/2007/08/hakuchos-big-bag-recycled-plastic.html
if you look through some of her archives, she also shows how much of her groceries she crammed into each bag — it was amazing to me how much they held! : )
September 25th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
That is so wonderfull. We can almost recicle everything!
Thank you for the wonderfull links
January 30th, 2009 at 10:08 am
I too have made bags from plastic shopping bags. I use them mostly in the summer to take to the lake. Wonderful to put a wet towel or suit in.