crocheting plastic

I was looking for one of those neat mats made from recycled plastic to use camping this summer, when I discovered this on ebay today: a rug crocheted from plastic bags. Hmm, more economical, less carbon shipping it around. Not as cool, but, well, it's to camp on. Guess it's time to crack open that "how to crochet" book collecting dust in the corner...

Reduce, Repurpose, Recycle

I went to Portland, OR a couple weeks ago & my best friend turned me onto the repurposing movement, in which you take something used and make something completely different out of it. She showed me clothing made out of multiple cut up t-shirts sewn together & restructured into something completely different. I never considered it as a movement - my parents built their hippie house in the woods out of scraps my dad took home from his demoltion job. It was just necessity.

But as a movement, I think it's a brilliant idea & I figure as I come across repurposing projects I think are neat, I'll share them with you. Here's the first: cloth grocery bags made from old t-shirts.