It seems that the task of recycling has become an art form for some. Springdale resident Marie Henstridge is proof positive that you can take simple things that usually end up in landfill sites and turn it into something useful and beautiful. Using her creative talent for arts and crafts she has taken the art form of crocheting with plastic, which is simply called "plarn" to a new level and created a line of attractive, usable products. Plarn is simply a word that describes plastic yarn which is created using plastic shopping bags, which using a special technique, are cut into a continuous narrow strands of working yarn.
She had heard people talking about "plarn baskets" and was curious to find out how they were made so she researched it on the internet and found that creating with plarn is quite common and baskets is just one of many ideas for using plarn in arts and crafts. This art form is fairly new to Marie, however working with plarn has been around for years, probably before it was given a name. Plastic bread bags were once used for making rugs and over the last few years various volunteer organizations have been making plastic mats for sleeping on for people in third world countries.
Marie has always had a talent for crafts and she spends a lot of time crocheting, knitting and quilting and she's also quite passionate about recycling and believes in doing whatever she can to be environmentally friendly,replicahandbags and she understands that plastic such as shopping bags are an environmental nightmare.authenticjackets It just seemed a natural progression for Marie to incorporate plarn into her crocheting and knitting to pursue eco friendly designs.
When I first met with Marie she was crocheting a beautiful lady's wide brim hat which caught my eye because it was so pretty. What I didn't realize at first was that she was crocheting with plastic yarn. If I hadn't seen it I wouldn't have believed it. She proceeded to demonstrate the technique of cutting a shopping bag into a continuous strand of yarn and explained that it is easy but quite time consuming. The brim of the hat she was working on has 9 shopping bags crocheted in it so far, and it takes 55 shopping bags to make 1 reusable shopping bag. For anyone who already knows how to crochet it would be quite easy to do once you know how to make your plarn, she said.
Marie showed me many of the items she has made and in addition to the hat,authentichandbag there was the reusable shopping bag, Easter baskets, makeup cases, purses, clothes pin bags and cup holders.womensjacket The finished product is quite impressive and could be compared to work done with straw or hemp,travellingbagfactory however it has a unique texture and is very durable and easy to wash. The durability and the thickness of the designs can vary depending on the thickness of the plastic used which is great because it allows for a wider variety of designs.
Her creative way of recycling through arts and crafts does not end with plarn. For years she has been reusing waste materials to create something useful. She makes Christmas baskets, placemats, party hats and gift tags using Christmas greeting cards she has received over the years and she uses old T-shirts and cuts them into strips to crochet clothes pin bags and rugs. Marie is retired and spends much of her time doing arts and crafts and she also volunteers a lot of her time in the community. I asked Marie what she plans on doing with her designs and she's not sure at this point but may consider entering a craft show once she has sufficient inventory. Some of her items have been donated as prizes at charity fundraisers and she will be spending time at Valley Vista Retirement Centre this week to demonstrate the art of plarn to the residents there.
She had heard people talking about "plarn baskets" and was curious to find out how they were made so she researched it on the internet and found that creating with plarn is quite common and baskets is just one of many ideas for using plarn in arts and crafts. This art form is fairly new to Marie, however working with plarn has been around for years, probably before it was given a name. Plastic bread bags were once used for making rugs and over the last few years various volunteer organizations have been making plastic mats for sleeping on for people in third world countries.
Marie has always had a talent for crafts and she spends a lot of time crocheting, knitting and quilting and she's also quite passionate about recycling and believes in doing whatever she can to be environmentally friendly,replicahandbags and she understands that plastic such as shopping bags are an environmental nightmare.authenticjackets It just seemed a natural progression for Marie to incorporate plarn into her crocheting and knitting to pursue eco friendly designs.
When I first met with Marie she was crocheting a beautiful lady's wide brim hat which caught my eye because it was so pretty. What I didn't realize at first was that she was crocheting with plastic yarn. If I hadn't seen it I wouldn't have believed it. She proceeded to demonstrate the technique of cutting a shopping bag into a continuous strand of yarn and explained that it is easy but quite time consuming. The brim of the hat she was working on has 9 shopping bags crocheted in it so far, and it takes 55 shopping bags to make 1 reusable shopping bag. For anyone who already knows how to crochet it would be quite easy to do once you know how to make your plarn, she said.
Marie showed me many of the items she has made and in addition to the hat,authentichandbag there was the reusable shopping bag, Easter baskets, makeup cases, purses, clothes pin bags and cup holders.womensjacket The finished product is quite impressive and could be compared to work done with straw or hemp,travellingbagfactory however it has a unique texture and is very durable and easy to wash. The durability and the thickness of the designs can vary depending on the thickness of the plastic used which is great because it allows for a wider variety of designs.
Her creative way of recycling through arts and crafts does not end with plarn. For years she has been reusing waste materials to create something useful. She makes Christmas baskets, placemats, party hats and gift tags using Christmas greeting cards she has received over the years and she uses old T-shirts and cuts them into strips to crochet clothes pin bags and rugs. Marie is retired and spends much of her time doing arts and crafts and she also volunteers a lot of her time in the community. I asked Marie what she plans on doing with her designs and she's not sure at this point but may consider entering a craft show once she has sufficient inventory. Some of her items have been donated as prizes at charity fundraisers and she will be spending time at Valley Vista Retirement Centre this week to demonstrate the art of plarn to the residents there.
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