Pinecone

Last night I decided I would try my hand at making brown plastic bag pine cones. I think for the first try they have hope and will continue to try and work with this project before heading on to something new.

I crochet so much these days, I am going to try freeform crochet. My daughter is a big time purse person and that will be my first project. A freeform purse. I think I will collect some vintage potholders and build the freeform around the potholder.

I love to thrift shop, only issue is, I spend hours upon hours with the process and before I know it the day is done. As long as I am enjoying myself, it shouldn't be an issue, right?

Plarn

Today, I made plarn all day. Thanks to those that donated their grocery bags. I must of cut and slip knot close to 100 brown plastic bags. This should last me for a while, hopefully. I plan on making clasp coin purses with the plarn, but for today, just a small pouch to put my rings in while I bowl. The nice thing about the brown bags is any button will go with them.

I collect buttons and have a really hard time crafting with them because I don't want to part with them. Especially the vintage ones. I usually make button stems with them and put them in a vintage bottle to display, but today, one of the buttons will travel with me, attached to a small pouch.

The purpose of making the plarn was to clear my entry way and thoroughly clean the front part of the house. I had four bags of either grocery bags or plastic bottles. I have managed to eliminate one and still haven't started cleaning. I did not realize it would take all day to make plarn, but I have contributed to keeping the bags out of the landfill, so it was well worth it.

Guess what I will be doing this evening instead of watching TV?