5 Gyres - Understanding Plastic Pollution Through Exploration, Education, and Action. Fused plastic sandwich wraps. As brilliant an invention as disposable zip-top baggies are, they are potentially very wasteful as well. How many of them do you think we’ve thrown away this year just from lunch sandwiches alone? Ugh, I don’t even want to think about it! Instead, I want to show you how to make a reusable sandwich wrap that not only replaces zip-top bags, but it even recycles some of those pesky plastic shopping bags. And if being “green” by recycling and reusing isn’t reason enough to make these, how about this — we’re going to make them crazy cute with personalized sayings! The first step is to make some sheets of fused plastic. Fusing plastic is an easy idea — you basically layer some plastic shopping bags together, put the stack between pieces of parchment paper, and iron them together so that they meld into one thicker sheet.
Okay, have you practiced enough to be confident with the process? Now sandwich the layers between two large pieces of parchment paper. Here’s where things are gonna get fun. Conditioning Plarn (Plastic Bag Yarn) for Crochet. If You Can't Spin, "SOFTEN" As I have said earlier, I don’t know how to spin. I’ve only crocheted plarn for almost a year now and in my early projects, I crocheted “unconditioned “ or flat plarn. This was just fine if you use plarn from thin and soft plastic bags.
All you have to do is to make sure you crush the plarn in the nip of the hook as you crochet it. But as the days go by, I encountered plastic bags that are not soft. When I crocheted them, the resulting item had rough edges where the plarn was folded by crocheting. That was the cause of itch in plarn when it comes in contact with the skin. Just recently I had this wonderful idea of crushing/crumpling the plarn before crocheting. My first try was with the hole in my key. See the picture HOW TO SOFTEN PLARN. how I position my finger and the plarn on the fork. I’m not sure if I’m the first one to share this technique or if others have already discovered it before me.
Conclusion. ЕКО Коледа. Това са снимките, които ни изпрати Лидия Ценева. За да си направите тази елхичка е необходимо пластмасово шише 2-3 л от безалкохолно в зелен цвят, малко картон, тиксо и ножички. Подарък за КРОКОТАК от Велислава Колева, Ралица, Рада и Неда, за което много благодарим:) Снежни човеци, направени от прежда. Коледни играчки от Мариана Митева публикувани в неиният блог “Мечтай и се забавлявай” A bit of green :: Crafts :: Plastic Cup Lamp.
Now that my university is closed for winter holidays, I finally have more free time to do all the crafty things I’ve been wanting to. One of these is a lamp made from plastic cups I’ve seen at taf, the art foundation, in the Monastiraki region in the center of Athens. When I first saw it at taf, I was amazed; I looked closely and I couldn’t believe my eyes! The object itself is so peculiar, modern and alien-like it could be in any design exhibition. With my best friend’s birthday coming up, I decided to make it myself and give it to her as a gift. It turns out it was the easiest craft I’ve even done, the epitome of DIY objects! Disclaimer: There have been some concerns about the safety of this construction (see the comment of user “when” below for example).
We only use this lamp when we’re at home, so we have it under surveillance. I only needed a couple of things: That’s all you will need. Start stapling the cups together as shown. Staple again and again and again… …to this! МАЛКИ КОЛЕДНИ картички. Това са малки картички за зимните празници. Разпечатайте и оцветете картинките. След това залепете на цветна хартия. Вижте още: Milk jug crafts. Most Popular Repurposing Tricks of 2011.
Plastic Bottle.