Plarn - Making "yarn" out of plastic

Have you ever wondered what to do with all those plastic bags that you seem to accumulate? Well, you can make "yarn" out of them and knit or crochet with it. It's called plarn; plastic "yarn".

1st, you need a plastic bag.

Lay it out flat and cut off the bottom 

Sorry, picture is fuzzy. Now fold bag in half leaving about 1 inch between edges.

Now accordion fold bag as above, still leaving that 1 inch.

Cut off handles.

Now cut at one inch intervals across folded bag being careful not to cut the 1inch area on the seam of the bag.

Unfold bag. You can see that that 1inch space that was left uncut is now a 2 inch area that connects the strips. 

Starting at one edge of the bag, cut one of the strips on a diagonal.

Your next cut is also on a diagonal and you will be cutting through the 2 inch area in order to create a continuous strip.

Here is one bag all cut.

Here is what you can do with it. Here I used two trash bags and two grocery bags to make what I call the Trashy Bag.