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Abi of Crafty Crafty and Gemma of Catwalk Queen talk knitting bags

Arizona Science Center workers turning used plastic bags into plarn mats ...

18.05.12

Is not new, Thomas said. In fact, people have been using it for decades, but this project is unique in that it is using the bags to make something that will help others.

"It's turning trash into something usable for someone else," Thomas said. The mats are weather-resistant and insulating.

Thomas and Clewley collect plastic bags and cut them into strips. Those strips are then looped together to make yarn

"Anything you do with yarn, you can do with this," Thomas said. "And it's free."

Knitting with the plastic bags is mostly the same as knitting with yarn, Thomas said, although it can become more difficult in places where the loops meet.

"You have to be a little more careful because it may stretch or tear," Thomas said. "But the finished product is surprisingly soft."

It takes 700 to 800 bags to complete one of Thomas' mats, which she said are large enough to be used as a blanket or folded in half to be a mat. Clewley, who crochets instead of knitting, takes about 400 to 500 bags to complete one mat, Thomas said.

Source: College Times

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