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| The size of this bag is about 16 1/2 by 19 1/2. |
HOW TO MAKE BAGS OUT OF BAGS
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Take a clean, empty, plastic grocery bag.
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Put in on a table – flat, with the handles to
the left, the bottom to the right.
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From the side of the bag closest to you, fold
over to meet the other side – lengthwise.
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Fold again.
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And again.
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Until you have a long, very narrow length of
folded plastic.
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Cut across the bottom, discarding the bottom
seam.
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Make cuts along the length, about every one inch
(more or less depending on the strength of the plastic and how strong you need
the bag to be.
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You now should have about 10 or 12 loops of
plastic – sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on the width of the
original bag. Continue making loops until you have a big bowl full.
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Take two loops and begin making a chain (like
you would to make a chain of rubber bands), pulling tightly (but not too tight) so that the “connections” are as
small as possible.
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Continue to chain the loops together, rolling
them into a ball as you go. That much will make a nice big ball of “plastic
yarn.”
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You can scout around for different colors of
bags and make stripes using separate balls of “yarn” or just let the colors mix
for fun.
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Use a large crochet hook – decide for yourself
the size that fits your needs.
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Make a chain as long as the width of the new
bag.
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Single crochet around that chain.
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From there, you can just continue crocheting
around and around until you have a bag.
What I usually do (because I’m always too impatient to
single crochet the entire bag) is to single crochet for several rounds, to give
stability to the bottom. Then, I start double crocheting which seems a lot
faster to me. But once I get almost to the top of the bag, I go back to single
crocheting again for stability around the top. It is needed for the attachment
of the handles.
For the handles, just make a chain the length of the handle
you want and single crochet around it twice.
Then, attach each end to the top of the bag on one side –
and do the same with the second handle.
HAVE FUN!
Jean Straatmeyer
4/6/09
