A Neutral and a Bright

This shoulder bag was made out of a lot of bread bags, a few department store bags and some newspaper delivery bags.

When I completed this long-handled custom bag in neutrals, I was very ready for the splash of color that became this yellow bag. All of the material for this one came from newspaper delivery bags.

The gray-tan bag

The plarn (plastic yarn) for this bag is pictured in a previous post.

I used a stockinette stitch for this bag, plus whole wheat bread wrappers and dark gray & tan newspaper delivery bags. A few pinks and burgundies round out the color palette.

An interesting effect of the stockinette stitch is that it caused the top edge of the bag to roll outwards slightly.

green bag

This bag and the greay-tan bag were made from the plastic yarn pictured in the previous post.

This bag used a lot of green plastic (mostly from Bounty paper towels -- see the fists on the bow above -- and carrot bags) and a few other bright colors

What else? even more bags!

I decided to experiment with longer handles/straps, and more bright colors.

Another bag with lots of colors. I was surprised at how different the two sides of this one were.

I decided to take some pics of the balls of plarn Clare's been making for me. I'll have photos of the finished bags soon.

Another Target bag, with some silver/red stripes made from Target's holiday bags.

more bags!

The "Target" bag

Another bag made mostly from newspaper delivery bags, but with a bit of department store bags for color accents

and a blue "flower" decoration

The Bag of Many Colors

When I look at this bag I see equal amounts of green, yellow, blue and deep red. There's also black, white and several shades of gray. And if you look close you can see a light aqua and some dark teal, some brown shades, bits of pale orange and a tiny bit of purple. This is a bag that's hard to stop looking at. Many of the plastic bags I used in this piece had writing and logos on them. Personally, I am bothered by the fact that there are words everywhere we look. In making my bags, one of my favorite parts is seeing what happens when those words are cut up and knit back together. All of a sudden they aren't words anymore -- they are Design Elements. My bags can be mini-treasure hunts to find clues to the past lives of the materials. *I* know where these bags came from, but if I tell you would it spoil the fun?

See the tiny heart on the green?

This bag is just loaded with color!

Here's one side

And the other.

All of my bags are durable, stretchy and comfortable to hold. If you see something here you'd like to own, drop me an email.

Perfecting the knitted plastic bag

These latest bags were made using larger needles and the structure is more open and stretchy. They hold quite a lot and are very strong, and yet weigh just over a half pound. They also use less plastic and so are even more eco-friendly :)

I saved up all of the brightly colored shopping bags (mostly from department stores) to create this lively bag.
Side one and...

Side Two.

This bag had a more subtle color palette and includes a few bread bags and department store bags for color accents.

(the flip side of the above bag)

Knitting has been good therapy for me lately. Having a portable project gives me something to do while Clare plays at playgrounds with friends or when I'm waiting in the doctor's office.