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Jo S



Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: Somerset
PostPosted: Mon May 02, 11 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
PostPosted: Mon May 02, 11 5:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
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Location: Russia, city of Kaliningrad
PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 12 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 12 1:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hello Sveta! Do you ahve any pictures of the bags you have made?

Sveta Vishenka



Joined: 12 Feb 2012
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Location: Russia, city of Kaliningrad
PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 12 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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

lettucewoman



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Location: Tiptoe in the Forest!!
PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 12 6:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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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PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 12 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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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PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 12 6:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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

mochyn



Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 12 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sean wrote:
...Svetlana's www button...


Where's that, Sean?

Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 12 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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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PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 12 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bottom of every post.

toggle



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 12 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 12 11:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 12 2:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
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Location: Devon
PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 12 8:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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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