ReMaking a Thrift Store Plastic Bag With Just Yarn and a Hook!!

by Sandra Allen

4 Materials

$1.50

6 Hours

Easy

I took a 1.00 bag from a thrift store and with some recycled yarn and a hook, made it unique and sturdy.

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This bag rattled around in my life for about 2 months before I was asked to house/critter sit a friends place while on vacation. I too plenty to do so this was one of the projects I was able to finish while there.

I found this yummy muffler for .50 at another thrift store and "frogged" it. For those not familiar it is when take a crocheted or knitted item and "rip it rip it rip it"...

Once the yarn was back to single strand, I crocheted a very...very long chain.

About 1/3 up, I found a break in the weave. I didn't have my hot glue gun with me, so I had to get creative. I took a lid the same color from the top of a frosting can, but some strips and taped them in. It held till I could get home and glue it but it allowed me to finish the bag.

With your hook, cast on the yarn and start a chain. Now I crocheted enough to go around and around about 1/2 way up then had to extend the chain some more.

Had I counted the rows and what stitches I would need for each row, it would have been better.

Also, when you do this, you may want to make a chain for each row and tie or glue it to itself in the back (inside). It doesn't make weaving inside and out any easier, but it does avoid the "ending one row then starting another on the next row up" problem.

I had to get really creative to make sure there was not a little gap from one row to the other. So learn from my mistakes.

I used a very sturdy yarn. Your yarn will be pulled through MANY holes and some might have sharper edges than others, so pick a yarn that is durable.

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A basket with a weave affect (Goodwill)
Muffler that was knitted (Goodwill)
K size crochet hook (Had)
Scissors and blue tape/plastic lid you won't need if your item has no holes (Had)

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Cori Widen on Jul 27, 2016
Such a great idea!! It looks really cute :)

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Sandra Allen on Jul 27, 2016
Thanks...it was a labor of love!

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