A wonderful friend who crochets all the time (retired) gave a large one of these to me & my wife as a wedding gift along with many other yarn-crocheted items. This bag is now our favorite bag and we are amazed at how strong they are. Everywhere we go people remark on it (it's red, white and blue but otherwise the same). She says it takes her 11 hours to make one bag so if you get one as a gift, appreciate the time & effort that goes into it
For over 20 years I've made bags using scraps of fabric left over from sewing. But I'd never thought of making a bag out of those annoying grocery bags. This is a great rainy day craft idea for me and my daughter.
I have a ton of empty bags at my place, grocery bags... last night I was bored and decided to give this a try. Boy does it ever work. I'm currently working on making a plastic mat for my bathroom so the crappy tiles don't get any more ruined than they already are.
It’s the first time ever that I leave comment, just to let you know that this is the most incredible, genial and amazing work I’ve ever seen here on TH-cam. Wow. Thank you so much, you inspired me a lot.
This is awesome!!! Beyond cool! So many perks by doing this! You can make a waterproof beach bag! The bags are free, instead of spending $$ on yarn! You're recycling. It'll last a much longer time! No piling (purses/bags made from yarn tend to pile & wear out)! It'd be a lot sturdier & actually stand up, than a bag made from yarn! I could go on... I'm definitely doing this! Thanks!!
I purchased a couple of these bags made out of bags at a nursing home’s event over 10 years ago. I still use them to grocery shop. They are very sturdy.
My grandma used to do this over 20 years ago. When I was just 7 or 8 (now I'm 30). She used to make shopping bags and footwear for home for us. It was awesome. So cool that people are now waking up to it and really recycling on their own. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Wow what a good way to get all the worthless plastic into something so handy and beautifull....future is looking a little beter if people have such great ideas.......thanks for sharing
AWESOME idea for recycling your grocery bags. And remember that different stores have different colors. I think that they would make great gifts for your family and friends.
This is probably the simplest and easiest method I've found for making plarn. Love it and now I have a use for all the bags i seem to collect. This is a great video. So glad I found it.
Almost 50 years ago, my sisters and I used bread bags to crochet a door mat and it lasted years. This style of use of plastic to help save the earth has always been available. It is the motivation to do so.
More than 500 people voted this down?? I can't imagine anyone not liking this idea, even if they aren't crafty enough to make one themselves. These bags will last forever and look really easy to keep clean.
Who would give this video a thumbs down ??????!!! and why ?????? This is an amazing idea. I’ve been making these for years but it’s good to share this for those who agree with saving the earth even if it’s one plastic bag at a time 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
This is mind blowing. You CAN literally crochet with ANYTHING. crazy. Thank you for this cool video! Easy to follow great idea. Save our oceans!! Don’t throw away bags!
My mom makes this even a table cloth,a blanket to dress up the bed I wish I knew how to share the pictures is really really nice keeps her busy at age 80
I am a 35 yo mixed race man. I have problematic hands and don't even know how crochet. But I watched just to understand the mechanics behind this. Awesome, just awesome. 5 stars
I think linking the loops or winding the plarn would be easiest on your hands if you decide to try it, then someone you know could use that material. Demographic plays no part in being able to do this, so don’t worry :) Thanks for your comment!
It looks like it is made from jute. What a great way to repurpose plastic bags. The city where I live has banned these single use bags for a few years now but the heavier plastic bags are still handed out. I might start to gather a few of these to repurpose.
I had a bag like this once, made by a friend of the family. Ugly as sin but a really nice way to recycle. Lasted me a really long time. Edit to clarify: Mine was ugly. Yours looks great. 👍
My Albanian grandmother used to make us different bags from plastic yarn! I always wondered how that was possible and now I know how! Thanks for an amazing video.
This is the best example I’ve seen of this method.... that tote is gorgeous! You’ve also provided the clearest instructions I’ve seen...... this is encouraging to me! Thank you for posting.
When I was in high school a friend of mine was crocheting small area rugs out of bread bags. She said her mother taught her how to do it. Back then bread came wraped in very colorful plastic bags. I can imagine how one of your baskets would look made out of Wonder Bread or Webers Bread wrappers. Love this idea
Back in the 70's my grandmother was featured in the newspaper for crocheting with plastic bags. Plastic store bags were not available back then, so she used the plastic bags from bread. She made a lot of purses and would work beads into her crochet patterns. Vinyl and plastic were very popular in the 70's and the bread wrappers added colors to the design.
My grandma did too. She was born in 1895 so I've seen all kinds of stuff! She also used bread bags...the ties weaved for handles. She would also crochet small throw rugs out of plastic
A lady once told me growing up in Germany during the war her and her family learned to crochet with anything since resources weren’t an option. She has made the most beautiful items I have ever seen.
Thank you for saving the planet/environment and inspiring others to do the same. I don't crochet or knit but this video was in my recommendations and I'm so glad to have watched it. I wish I could do something as cool as this!
Thank you. In case you haven't seen this video, here is another way of connecting with no knots whatsoever. The result is a consistent firm cord with high tensile strength and no bumps. th-cam.com/video/zLCAiWBUNg4/w-d-xo.html
Love this! I cannot find a place to recycle my bags anymore and I have a huge pile that I can't bring myself to throw away. I never thought to make them into yarn. Definitely going to knit a grocery bag now.
I love this! I need to make some grocery bags. Did you know it takes 70 years for those bags to break down in the land fill? Those bags will last a very long time and when crocheted like that I would think they would be very strong. Thank you for the video.
Wow!!!! This is so inspirational that even today, being aired in 2016, you are still getting so many comments and positive feedback, congratulations. I definitely will be making one of these for my reusable grocery bags.
:) Thank you. The response has been overwhelming, unexpected, and very much appreciated :) My channel was intended for a small audience of friends and family, I never imagined it would spread like it has. Now that there're a lot of eyes on it, I'm rather embarrassed about my production quality, tbh :)
You are a genius! Thank you for your innovation and contribution toward a solution to the plastic plague. I imagine one of these bags would last a long time!
First of all, thank you for giving credit to the originators of this idea. The bags are beautiful! And, who doesn't need another fashionable tote? Thanks for sharing.
Great idea. I thought I was so smart to take my bags back to the store that still uses these plastic bags. Now I wish I had all those bags. So cute and so great. Yarn is expensive. This satisfies that desire to make something useful.
If i didnt know it was grocery bags o I would never have guessed! Such a beautiful simple bag that i would probably buy for the beach or shopping 😁 amazing job!!
What better way to practice-for free. I’m just trying to figure out what the 2 stitches are. The bottom and top are different. Is that single crochet on top? Or do I have to get my books out?🤣
I tried this one time and found it hard on my hands and the plastic bags hard to crochet. But you make it look easy, so I should give it another try especially since I have a lot of plastic bags. Thanks for your inspiration.
Try going up a size on the hook it may make it easier to work. I found that works on those huge chunky yarns they have now. I usually go up one millimeter than they say.
Very cool idea!! For anyone wanting to try this who doesn't have enough bags, I definitely recommend posting on a neighborhood board that you're looking for plastic bags. I posted on Nextdoor and got a bunch from neighbors who had been saving them.
I’m trying this soon. I have tons of bags and that my bf brings home😒 Which I don’t like. I used reusable grocery bags. But this is awesome. Also they do this in Mexico.
That is fantastic! Not only are you using something that would otherwise pollute our planet, but, they're beautiful and useful! thank you so much for this
Ésta si merece la pena ser felicitada. Uno no sabe qué hacer y desperdicia tanta bolsa, se vuelve basura para ahogar animalitos en el mar, para mantener daño hasta la generación de mis bisnietos. Es un gusto ver este trabajo y más aún compartirlo. Que Dios te bendiga y multiplique tus dones y habilidades! Que tu familia siempre te sea una bendición!
Brilliant! Thank you so much for your creative recycling of grocery bags! I always have too many, which, sadly, ended up in landfills. No more! So many thanks to you.💕
I love this!!!! I have 100’s of bag in my desk at work because we get take out a lot and I can’t bring myself to just waste them so I save them!!! But I have no use for them, but no I do!!! Thank you soooooooo much for sharing this! ❤️❤️
Eliminating the need for more plastic grocery bags by creating a reusable shopping bag and keeping plastics from clogging up the planet :) very impressive!!
This is a FABULOUS idea. I used to get sooo many plastic bags and would just throw them away. I started using canvas totes when I shop now but there are time I don’t bring enough bags or forget mine and I still get the plastic bags. From now on I will be saving the plastic bags so I can make a heavy duty plastic tote bag for my glass bottle items. Thank you!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I love that your video starts right off with the how to. No long introduction. Thanks.
I agree!! 🙌🙌
WHY IS THIS NOT BEING DONE COMMERCIALLY? It's a fantastic idea!! ❤
This is literally the most useful thing I've seen made from any plastic bag recycling video. That you soooo much.
This is actually gonna solve ocean pollution i swear. PLEASE lets make this go viral
A wonderful friend who crochets all the time (retired) gave a large one of these to me & my wife as a wedding gift along with many other yarn-crocheted items. This bag is now our favorite bag and we are amazed at how strong they are. Everywhere we go people remark on it (it's red, white and blue but otherwise the same). She says it takes her 11 hours to make one bag so if you get one as a gift, appreciate the time & effort that goes into it
For over 20 years I've made bags using scraps of fabric left over from sewing. But I'd never thought of making a bag out of those annoying grocery bags. This is a great rainy day craft idea for me and my daughter.
Why anyone would thumbs down this is beyond me. This is a brilliant idea!
I have a ton of empty bags at my place, grocery bags... last night I was bored and decided to give this a try. Boy does it ever work. I'm currently working on making a plastic mat for my bathroom so the crappy tiles don't get any more ruined than they already are.
It’s the first time ever that I leave comment, just to let you know that this is the most incredible, genial and amazing work I’ve ever seen here on TH-cam. Wow. Thank you so much, you inspired me a lot.
This is awesome!!! Beyond cool! So many perks by doing this! You can make a waterproof beach bag! The bags are free, instead of spending $$ on yarn! You're recycling. It'll last a much longer time! No piling (purses/bags made from yarn tend to pile & wear out)! It'd be a lot sturdier & actually stand up, than a bag made from yarn! I could go on... I'm definitely doing this! Thanks!!
Be careful when using this as a beach bag though, I believe this is the type of plastic that may begin to melt if left in direct sunlight.
This is a great way to care for the enviroment while making something beautiful, thanks for this idea!
Upcycling's best demonstration!
We do this to make sleeping mats for the homeless. They're durable, will help keep people off wet and/or cold ground.
great job.
Thank you for your thoughtfulness, kindness and generosity!! 🙏❤️
I purchased a couple of these bags made out of bags at a nursing home’s event over 10 years ago. I still use them to grocery shop. They are very sturdy.
At my old church they were knitting plastic bags in to sleeping bags for the homeless. I love seeing things reused like this.
My grandma used to do this over 20 years ago. When I was just 7 or 8 (now I'm 30). She used to make shopping bags and footwear for home for us. It was awesome. So cool that people are now waking up to it and really recycling on their own. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Wow what a good way to get all the worthless plastic into something so handy and beautifull....future is looking a little beter if people have such great ideas.......thanks for sharing
AWESOME idea for recycling your grocery bags. And remember that different stores have different colors. I think that they would make great gifts for your family and friends.
I like the grey Walmart bags for desaturated décor like modern farmhouse styles :)
This is probably the simplest and easiest method I've found for making plarn. Love it and now I have a use for all the bags i seem to collect. This is a great video. So glad I found it.
Outstanding ! This could be an entire industry and help save the oceans !
Wow! I keep thinking of how to get rid of all those darned plastic bags! This is priceless!
Thank you!!
Almost 50 years ago, my sisters and I used bread bags to crochet a door mat and it lasted years. This style of use of plastic to help save the earth has always been available. It is the motivation to do so.
My Aunt used to do the something with bread bags when I was a little girl. She made pillows and pets.
There's a group of old women who do this and make sleeping mats for the homeless so they don't have to sleep right on the freezing ground. 💜
More than 500 people voted this down?? I can't imagine anyone not liking this idea, even if they aren't crafty enough to make one themselves. These bags will last forever and look really easy to keep clean.
Wow!
I wish my mom was still alive to see this!
I’m inspired enough to learn how to crochet just to be able to make this! What a fabulous bag!
that's a great way to recycle and make stylish bags. I have to learn to crochet now.
Who would give this video a thumbs down ??????!!! and why ?????? This is an amazing idea. I’ve been making these for years but it’s good to share this for those who agree with saving the earth even if it’s one plastic bag at a time 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
This is mind blowing. You CAN literally crochet with ANYTHING. crazy. Thank you for this cool video! Easy to follow great idea. Save our oceans!! Don’t throw away bags!
Jane A Exactly my thought! Would be cool to try this ^_^
I have 2 large round table mats crocheted by my Great Aunt many years ago using the cord from tyres!
My mom makes this even a table cloth,a blanket to dress up the bed I wish I knew how to share the pictures is really really nice keeps her busy at age 80
I am a 35 yo mixed race man. I have problematic hands and don't even know how crochet. But I watched just to understand the mechanics behind this. Awesome, just awesome. 5 stars
I think linking the loops or winding the plarn would be easiest on your hands if you decide to try it, then someone you know could use that material. Demographic plays no part in being able to do this, so don’t worry :) Thanks for your comment!
This made me so happy, i cried a happy tear at the end. :'-) (I'm also a crocheter. Five years now).
I’ve never wanted to crochet or knit anything in my life but I’m actually tempted to try this now lol
We need more people in America on this!
It looks like it is made from jute. What a great way to repurpose plastic bags. The city where I live has banned these single use bags for a few years now but the heavier plastic bags are still handed out. I might start to gather a few of these to repurpose.
I love this! ideas like this are what we need to help the environment
Love it! I have a lot of grocery bags. New project on my list.
I had a bag like this once, made by a friend of the family. Ugly as sin but a really nice way to recycle. Lasted me a really long time.
Edit to clarify: Mine was ugly. Yours looks great. 👍
Yes. They absolutely can be ugly. HAHA Love your edit. Thanks so much.
My late grandmother used to make these. This video made me think of her. 😘😢❤️
Beautiful work. Congratulations!
Wow. I don't usually like the way recycled things end up looking but this looked really quite decent actually!
Amazing recycling tips and tricks no excuses for throwing out plastic bags I love it
That’s amazing! I have a ton of plastic bags. Sure beats putting them in the landfill, thank you
My Albanian grandmother used to make us different bags from plastic yarn! I always wondered how that was possible and now I know how! Thanks for an amazing video.
This is the best example I’ve seen of this method.... that tote is gorgeous! You’ve also provided the clearest instructions I’ve seen...... this is encouraging to me! Thank you for posting.
ONE HUNDRED BAGS. YOU ARE SAVING THE PLANET.
Haha I wish. I'm saving cabinet space. I'm also saving myself from a trip outside to take out the garbage :]
When I was in high school a friend of mine was crocheting small area rugs out of bread bags. She said her mother taught her how to do it. Back then bread came wraped in very colorful plastic bags. I can imagine how one of your baskets would look made out of Wonder Bread or Webers Bread wrappers. Love this idea
My mother made a braided rug out of bread wrappers. I'm going to try making plarn from bread wrappers and crochet a bag to start.
Back in the 70's my grandmother was featured in the newspaper for crocheting with plastic bags. Plastic store bags were not available back then, so she used the plastic bags from bread. She made a lot of purses and would work beads into her crochet patterns. Vinyl and plastic were very popular in the 70's and the bread wrappers added colors to the design.
My grandma did too. She was born in 1895 so I've seen all kinds of stuff! She also used bread bags...the ties weaved for handles. She would also crochet small throw rugs out of plastic
Patricia Latsch look and see if you can find the gum wrapper thing from the 70s too
Those were sweet
I bought many of the handmade purses back then, I did not know they were from bags. Great idea!
My mom used to crochet and weave with plastic bags and she still crochets every day.
WOW!! You are awesome!! This is, by far, the most clever and amazing way to up-cycle plastic bags EVER!
A lady once told me growing up in Germany during the war her and her family learned to crochet with anything since resources weren’t an option. She has made the most beautiful items I have ever seen.
Love how she is makeibg re usable bags from not re usable bags!!
Hats off to your patience.
Hope you are spreading your good work and teaching this skill to other people with passion and need.
Thank you :) TH-cam is the most efficient way for me to share my work with the widest audience.
I don't know how to crochet, but if you taught a class and showed us how to do this, I would take it. Love this idea! 😍👍🏽
Crochet is very easy to learn! I suggest finding beginner videos and such :)
There are tons of tutorials for beginner crochet on youtube.
Thank you for saving the planet/environment and inspiring others to do the same. I don't crochet or knit but this video was in my recommendations and I'm so glad to have watched it. I wish I could do something as cool as this!
How incredible!!! EVERYONE should see and IMPLEMENT this!!! Thank you so very much!!!!!
This is the very best plarn video ever!!! Thank you so much for the video!
Amazing recycling of worst polluters! Thanks for sharing
My auntie has been doing this for decades now. She uses other kinds of plastic bags and also makes outdoor furniture covers and pillows.
I remember i did this in Girl Scouts we made a bunch of bed mats & donated them to the homeless
Awesome! Love that the plastic loops together instead of tied ends. It looks so clean and neat. Thanks for posting this! ♥️
Thank you. In case you haven't seen this video, here is another way of connecting with no knots whatsoever. The result is a consistent firm cord with high tensile strength and no bumps.
th-cam.com/video/zLCAiWBUNg4/w-d-xo.html
When i watch this type of video, i m surprised how talent ppl have.so many thanks
Now THAT'S how you recycle!!
Love this! I cannot find a place to recycle my bags anymore and I have a huge pile that I can't bring myself to throw away. I never thought to make them into yarn. Definitely going to knit a grocery bag now.
I love this! I need to make some grocery bags. Did you know it takes 70 years for those bags to break down in the land fill? Those bags will last a very long time and when crocheted like that I would think they would be very strong. Thank you for the video.
It's awesome that more people are doing this! My grandma originally gave me the idea personally.
Wow!!!! This is so inspirational that even today, being aired in 2016, you are still getting so many comments and positive feedback, congratulations. I definitely will be making one of these for my reusable grocery bags.
:) Thank you. The response has been overwhelming, unexpected, and very much appreciated :) My channel was intended for a small audience of friends and family, I never imagined it would spread like it has. Now that there're a lot of eyes on it, I'm rather embarrassed about my production quality, tbh :)
You are a genius! Thank you for your innovation and contribution toward a solution to the plastic plague. I imagine one of these bags would last a long time!
This is awesome, would be a fun and inexpensive way to teach my 7-year-old how to crochet! Thanks so much for making this video, really helpful.
First of all, thank you for giving credit to the originators of this idea. The bags are beautiful! And, who doesn't need another fashionable tote? Thanks for sharing.
This is GENIOUS I have so many plastic bags bc I can't throw them away when they're not torn but I never use them afterwards and this is perfect
Friends in high school used to cut up and weave bags into new ones. Sometimes they’d mix up different colored bags for a stripe effect.
Great idea. I thought I was so smart to take my bags back to the store that still uses these plastic bags. Now I wish I had all those bags. So cute and so great. Yarn is expensive. This satisfies that desire to make something useful.
You nailed so many points. I can't agree more.
I was waiting for them to say, these are great for shopping for groceries
Making the ultimate shopping bag using shopping bags... Love it! It looks so clean, the way u cut the strips.. looks like u were using hemp.
If i didnt know it was grocery bags o I would never have guessed! Such a beautiful simple bag that i would probably buy for the beach or shopping 😁 amazing job!!
Wow. just wow. This is what i will call recycle from now on. especially plastic. Too bad i'm not so good at crocheting. yet ;)
What better way to practice-for free. I’m just trying to figure out what the 2 stitches are. The bottom and top are different. Is that single crochet on top? Or do I have to get my books out?🤣
Try weaving something out of the bags.
Im gonna need this idea for the upcoming zombie apocalypse. Plastic bags will come in handy! Awesome video!
BRILLIANT. This must be a mendatory course at school. God knows this will help the Planet breath a bit better. I will never throw plastic again.
I tried this one time and found it hard on my hands and the plastic bags hard to crochet. But you make it look easy, so I should give it another try especially since I have a lot of plastic bags. Thanks for your inspiration.
Try going up a size on the hook it may make it easier to work. I found that works on those huge chunky yarns they have now. I usually go up one millimeter than they say.
I’ll do that. Thank you for the tip.
don't worry, you are a baby, you aren't supposed to be able to do that yet :) :D
WHAT A LITERAL CRAFTING QUEEN THIS IS SO COOL
That is absolutely amazing! I'm definitely going to be making a few of these with my "collection" of plastic shopping bags lol.
I was looking at the comments. Really don't know why people would not like this. I think it's great! Bullies please it's my opinion.....
Agreed
!WOW!! Like seriously!!? How creative! Am impress. Am going to most definitely try it one day.
Great way to recycle plastic bags and use this new bag for grocery shopping or any other use. Thanks for sharing :o)
Very smart lady! Thanks for helping to save our world, one plastic bag at a time!!
This is AMAZING! The bag looks pretty durable too.
This is a very inspiring way to repurpose! Those bags are beautiful!
looks like an Helen Kaminski bag from Australia. Kaminski bags are very expensive. Beautiful work. Extremely labor intensive. Great video 🤗😎😉
This is awesome! I’m wanting to learn how to crochet and I have PLENTY of plastic bags laying around. It is such a smart way to recycle ♻️ 💙💙💙
Very cool idea!! For anyone wanting to try this who doesn't have enough bags, I definitely recommend posting on a neighborhood board that you're looking for plastic bags. I posted on Nextdoor and got a bunch from neighbors who had been saving them.
Now THAT is an excellent idea! Thank you for your comment! :D
Gunther CentralPerk Wow! Smart. I use Nextdoor. I’ll have to try!
I’m trying this soon. I have tons of bags and that my bf brings home😒 Which I don’t like. I used reusable grocery bags. But this is awesome. Also they do this in Mexico.
That is fantastic! Not only are you using something that would otherwise pollute our planet, but, they're beautiful and useful! thank you so much for this
Ésta si merece la pena ser felicitada. Uno no sabe qué hacer y desperdicia tanta bolsa, se vuelve basura para ahogar animalitos en el mar, para mantener daño hasta la generación de mis bisnietos. Es un gusto ver este trabajo y más aún compartirlo. Que Dios te bendiga y multiplique tus dones y habilidades! Que tu familia siempre te sea una bendición!
Brilliant! Thank you so much for your creative recycling of grocery bags! I always have too many, which, sadly, ended up in landfills. No more! So many thanks to you.💕
I love this!!!! I have 100’s of bag in my desk at work because we get take out a lot and I can’t bring myself to just waste them so I save them!!! But I have no use for them, but no I do!!! Thank you soooooooo much for sharing this! ❤️❤️
Eliminating the need for more plastic grocery bags by creating a reusable shopping bag and keeping plastics from clogging up the planet :) very impressive!!
Its like those bags got reincarnated into another cooler bag.
Cool concept, good for the environment and free material! 💚✨👍
I’ve never been interested in any hobby type crafts of any kind. However, you are brilliant! It’s a terrific idea! Maranatha
thank you for helping our world. I will learn this too! ^^
This is a FABULOUS idea. I used to get sooo many plastic bags and would just throw them away. I started using canvas totes when I shop now but there are time I don’t bring enough bags or forget mine and I still get the plastic bags. From now on I will be saving the plastic bags so I can make a heavy duty plastic tote bag for my glass bottle items. Thank you!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻