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Jo S

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 5174
Location: Somerset

Posted: Mon May 02, 11 4:09 pm Post subject:
A friend of mine made all sorts of car boot liners and wellie bags and wotnot by something involving ironing plastic bags. I cannot remember any more details than that, but it worked really well.

windyridge

Joined: 03 Oct 2010
Posts: 2732
Location: Up the garden from Henry

Posted: Mon May 02, 11 5:16 pm Post subject:
Both bags are wonderful! Where did you find such colourful bags? All I ever have are supermarket carriers... clear plastic with the logo... I am going to give this a go when I have settled in

Sveta Vishenka

Joined: 12 Feb 2012
Posts: 11
Location: Russia, city of Kaliningrad

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 12 1:45 pm Post subject:
Very interesting technique used in the manufacture of handbags. The first time I've seen. I knitting bags from plastic bags, hats, shoes, flowers, mats.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 12 1:58 pm Post subject:
Hello Sveta! Do you ahve any pictures of the bags you have made?

Sveta Vishenka

Joined: 12 Feb 2012
Posts: 11
Location: Russia, city of Kaliningrad

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 12 2:16 pm Post subject:
Yes, mochyn . All these works are mine. I came up and tied.

lettucewoman

Joined: 26 Sep 2006
Posts: 7834
Location: Tiptoe in the Forest!!

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 12 6:24 pm Post subject:

Sveta Vishenka wrote:

Yes, mochyn . All these works are mine. I came up and tied.

When I clicked on this link, it came up as some of my pictures from facebook, apparently on picasa, in russian??????!!!!The album names were correct but there was just one or two pics in each...can anyone tell me what the hell's going on???

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 12 6:28 pm Post subject:
The link doesn't seem to work, for me. If I click on Svetlana's www button it leads to an album of pictures of crocheted bags though.

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 12 6:36 pm Post subject:
Sveta, you are one talented lady. These are fantastic.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 12 6:58 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

...Svetlana's www button...

Where's that, Sean?

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 12 7:01 pm Post subject:

mochyn wrote:

sean wrote:

...Svetlana's www button...

Where's that, Sean?

At the bottom of posts.

It's: https://picasaweb.google.com/102724183151740773728/MyBagsCrochetFromPlasticBag

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 12 7:01 pm Post subject:
Bottom of every post.

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 12 7:05 pm Post subject:

alison wrote:

Sveta, you are one talented lady. These are fantastic.

She is, isn't she.

some of the best crochet work I've seen in the last few years has been russian.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 12 11:01 am Post subject:
Thanks for that, Treac: when I clicked on the link on Svetlana's posts I wasn't getting that. Ye gods, those are marvelous! Almost makes me wish we had plastic bags here still! So creative.

Kenworth

Joined: 04 Apr 2011
Posts: 855
Location: Michigan

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 12 2:31 am Post subject:

mochyn wrote:

Thanks for that, Treac: when I clicked on the link on Svetlana's posts I wasn't getting that.

Ye gods, those are marvelous! Almost makes me wish we had plastic bags here still! So creative.

What? You all don't have plastic bags? What do your bread products come in?

How do you get your groceries/goods home from the store?

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35082
Location: Devon

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 12 8:43 am Post subject:

You can buy bread products etc wrapped in plastic, but I think a lot of us on here would choose to buy ones from smaller shops who tend not to, or make our own.

As for bringing the shopping home - we take our own fabric bags with us so we don't need to take the plastic ones. In any case, many of the plastic bags provided by the supermarkets are biodegradable, so wouldn't be suitable for recycling like the crocheted plastic bags.

This is one reason why cutting down on plastic use is important.

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