Water-proof Purse from Recycled Plastic Grocery Bags

Preservation of the environment is on everybody’s mind these days. With a little bit of work, one can create different attractive and practical items out of plastic bags. The plastic bags are cut and strung together to make strong and colorful “yarns”.

These are crocheted into bags, mats, and many other things. It seems that these plastic strips can be very strong, water resistant, and can form very interesting color patterns just as you can do with other yarn.

Here is an example of the kind of purse that can be created.