Knitting from plastic bags with your own hands

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

Recently, crocheting from plastic bags is a very popular activity. And all because such creations look unrealistically impressive and unusual, without requiring large expenditures. With a little imagination, you can make beautiful and practical things with your own hands that will serve you for a long time.

Ideas for knitting from bags

You can knit a huge number of things you need for your home: carpets for the floor, napkins, handbags, slippers, baskets for small things or children's toys and many other items that are no less important in everyday life. More creative and inventive needlewomen create unique and very fashionable creations from this unusual raw material, such as costume jewelry and trendy evening bags.

For yourself, at the beginning of work, knit a sample to see what the texture of the product will turn out to be. For inexperienced needlewomen, it is better to take garbage bags up to 50 liters. They are softer and easier to work with. But do not use very thin plastic bags for knitting bags - the products will not be able to saveform.

"Spinning" polyethylene thread

Regular garbage bags and T-shirts from the supermarket are suitable for creativity. All of them are different in color, density, rigidity. To create a thinner canvas, with a softer texture, thin bags for bulk products are taken. Bags of large volume and rigidity are better suited for thick items - this is necessary so that the products retain their shape better. The methods of knitting from plastic bags are not at all different from the usual ones - using knitting needles or a hook.

In order to build something, you need to divide the packages into strips. You will need a sharp paper knife or scissors. If the package is thin, then we cut wide strips and vice versa. Suppose the package indicates a volume equal to 30 liters. We cut such packages into ribbons of 2.2 - 2.5 cm. It is better to divide thin T-shirts into strips of 3.5 - 4 cm. Also, do not forget to consider for which product we are preparing the "yarn", what loads the finished thing will experience. The rule for selecting its thickness is the same as when knitting with ordinary threads: the thinner the polyethylene tape, the softer and more elegant the finished result. Therefore, we knit baskets and rugs from "threads" of about 5 cm, and for decorative products we take a width of 2 - 2.5 cm.

The packages have been cut, now we connect them in a chain into one long "thread". There are 2 options for connecting bands. In the first case, we immediately connect everything together, in the second case, we put the strips in a box and just start knitting, attaching each next one as we knitthe previous one. With the second method, work on knitting from plastic bags goes faster.

Storage basket with lid

To tie a small basket for small things, we need to stock up on five garbage bags with a volume of 80 liters, thin wire or a hard tourniquet and a crochet hook. The basket will turn out to be shallow - about six cm, it all depends on the length of the wire.

We start our knitting from plastic bags, a master class on creating a basket will be presented later.

Let's tie a round bottom post. without nak., picking up the wire and tying it. We create a circle, as usual when crocheting, adding columns in the right places according to the pattern. Next, we move on to the walls of our basket - we just continue to knit without additions. We knit in a height of 6 - 8 cm, continuing to pick up the wire.

The lid is made in exactly the same way, only when knitting a circle, increase the number of rows by 2 so that you can freely close the basket.

We tie the edges, the lid can be decorated with flowers, beads - depending on the purpose for which you plan to use your product.

This method is suitable for baskets of any size and purpose, you just need to change the color, density of packages and the final size.

Polyethylene clutch is a fashion accessory

Skillful craftswomen can create a huge amount of household items, fashion accessories, and interior decoration items almost without cost. Such things are very durable, not afraid of sunlight, they can be washed without fear thatthey will lose their shape. With the help of crochet, fantasy and knitting patterns, you can knit a wonderful clutch - this is a small women's handbag without a strap.

Cut prepared packages, put in a box. We take a hook of a suitable size (if it is too thin, it will be very difficult to knit loops, if it is thick, then holes will be too large). To determine the optimal hook thickness, we knit a sample. We collect a chain from the air. loops 20 cm long. According to the scheme, we distribute the report of the pattern and knit 30 cm. The result should be a rectangle with sides of 20 and 30 cm. We continue to knit the valve, making decreases one loop at the beginning of each row (front and back). When the resulting triangle comes to naught, we make a buttonhole. We tie in the "crawl step" method. We sew along the sides so that we get an envelope with sides of 15 and 20 cm. We sew with beads, rhinestones or decorate with flowers. Sew on a beautiful button - and that's it, a fashionable unique handbag is ready!

Bright beach bag

A crochet bag can also come in handy for going to the beach. It can be made very interesting, convenient. The most important thing in her performance is accuracy. Let's try to knit a white-green beach bag. We buy green and white packages, there should be 2 times more white ones. We connect the cut strips in the following sequence: 1 strip is green, 2 are white, etc.

Firstly, we will need to knit 2 identical oval parts for the bottom. Cut out the thick liningwe put it between the bottoms and connect them together with half-columns.

We continue to knit with single crochets in a straight line 26 - 30 cm. Due to the sequential connection of green and white stripes, we will get a very interesting marble pattern. On the sides we make tucks in the form of oncoming folds - not very deep - and knit another 2 - 3 cm. Divide into two parts, add rows separately for another 4 cm and sew the lock. Tie the handles, attach them to the bag. Decorate however you like! We got an easy-care and very practical bag.

Knitted slippers for guests

Slippers tied from packages will come in handy everywhere. You can go to the bath in them, they will come in handy in the pool and at home. Packages are desirable to buy a more cheerful color. Choose the style of slippers and go! First, we make a pattern for the leg. We knit an oval sole according to this pattern very tightly, a pillar. without a crochet or half-columns, and then we knit the top of the slippers, focusing on your preferences (sabots, slippers, flip flops, etc.). Decorate or not - it's up to you.

In conclusion, we sew slippers to the sole and wait for the guests!

Polyethylene flowers for decoration

To finish things created from bags, you can take flowers knitted from the same material.

To make a poppy flower, we need red and black bags. First, "Irish berry" for the box. We wind 10 - 17 turns with a black thread on the finger, we will tie them with fifteen pillars. without a crochet. We knit a row of pillars. without a crochet. ATnext row - 20 pillar. without a crochet. We form 20 arches from five air. loops. We continue with a red thread and knit 20 columns. with a crochet on the "Irish berry". In the next rows - 2 posts each. with a crochet in each loop, a total of 40 in the second row, and 3 columns. with a crochet in each - in the third. Again we take a black thread and tie the edge of the flower in reverse.

Chamomile pattern for knitting from plastic bags.

The flowers made in this way will decorate your finished products. You can also knit any others using patterns for regular threads.

Crochet rugs from plastic bags

Carpet "Sheep" in the children's room is a great idea. It will add comfort and warmth. For the rug, we need beige and dark brown bags, cardboard, strong threads.

Cut out a ring from cardboard, the diameter of which is 3 cm inside and 7 cm outside. We make pompoms (43 pieces) from beige bags, tying them with threads. From brown polyethylene yarn we knit a square with a fillet net according to the size of the body of our lamb. We attach the prepared pompoms (42 pcs.) To the grid. The closer they are from each other, the thicker and denser the mat will turn out. We also knit a tail, head and legs from brown "yarn". Attach the last pompom to the tail.

Knitting rugs from plastic bags can be turned into a fun activity. Invite your child to participate in the assembly of such a fun accessory, and he will be very pleased!

Let's take another look at knitting an oval plastic bag rug. Such a mat is good for the bathroom because it does not slip on the floor, does not absorb water, dries quickly and washes well. We will create it according to the scheme shown in the photo.

Wonderful handmade things made of polyethylene are very original, unusual and, of course, unique! They are perfect for almost any interior - from the bathroom to the hallway!