Plastic Yarn

The weekend has finally arrived!

This week, we transformed plastic bags from blah to Tada!

And today, I have another idea for you that will take us

to some of my favorite places in New York City.

Our first stop: The American Folk Art Museum in Manhattan.

Some museums blow you away with their extensive collection

and others leave you scratching your head and saying

to yourself, "That's art?"

Well, I particularly like the Folk Art Museum for

the reason that everyday objects are elevated

to art. Objects that you can make yourself

and secretly, you can call yourself an artist!

Take this colorful circle rug for example.

It's made out of plastic bags!

To be more specific, empty Wonderbread bags!

The artist made yarn out of blah plastic bags & wove it into a rug!

In fact, a lot of crafters use this -- plastic yarn or "plarn",

in lieu of regular yarn to crochet or knit into something

fabulous & useful.

Tada! An adorable bag made out of plarn.

Here's another bag using different stitches.

I learned how to make this craft early this year

at the Etsy Labs in Brooklyn.

I have to admit, though, that my bag isn't finished

yet {I'm a novice at crochet, still making

a lot of mistakes, eeep!}.

The bags here are all made by the talented Claire Baker,

who was also our teacher that day.

You can find the tutorial here.

Have a happy weekend!