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iceveela
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24 Aug 2011, 4:02 pm

I know they have one for art, music, and writing, but what if you do a hand-craft, like crochet, or sewing?

I'll start off:

this is a bag I made out of some excess fabric and a cat-food bag

This is a bag I crocheted out of plastic bags.

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24 Aug 2011, 6:30 pm

Beautiful, how do you put photos up from your computer, i asked this before somehwere and i forget how already :lol:

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24 Aug 2011, 6:55 pm

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this is an example of native americna beadwork, the beads are actually seed beeds and are extremely small, its actually a bracelet that is 6 inches long, and is maybe 3/4 of an inch wide, and is done on a loom. it isnt exactly well made, since it was my first time, it is something that defenitely takes a lot of practice.

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iceveela
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24 Aug 2011, 10:23 pm

bradt4evr wrote:

this is an example of native americna beadwork, the beads are actually seed beeds and are extremely small, its actually a bracelet that is 6 inches long, and is maybe 3/4 of an inch wide, and is done on a loom. it isnt exactly well made, since it was my first time, it is something that defenitely takes a lot of practice.

Its very good! I tried to do that once, but I wasn't very good at it, so I decided to stop. Keep working at it, your very good! :-)

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25 Aug 2011, 10:38 am

iceveela wrote:

bradt4evr wrote:

Its very good! I tried to do that once, but I wasn't very good at it, so I decided to stop. Keep working at it, your very good! :-)

Thanks

and your bags and crocheting are beautiful too, keep up the great work

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25 Aug 2011, 2:07 pm

Crocheted this recently.

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25 Aug 2011, 2:40 pm

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

Crocheted this recently.

Looks really good! Glad to see another yarner!

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25 Aug 2011, 4:01 pm

iceveela wrote:

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

Crocheted this recently.

Looks really good! Glad to see another yarner!

Thanks. ^_^

Your plastic bag purse is quite interesting. I wonder, how did you keep the bags from tearing? What size hook did you use, and what sort of preparations did you go through to make the bags crochet-able?

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25 Aug 2011, 4:59 pm

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

Your plastic bag purse is quite interesting. I wonder, how did you keep the bags from tearing? What size hook did you use, and what sort of preparations did you go through to make the bags crochet-able?

when crocheted, the bags are naturally sturdy. So there is little fear of them tearing unless you try to press your foot though it at full force, and even then not really... its a physics equation...

The size hook I use? I personally use a I/9-5.50MM, I really don't pay attention to the hook size though, although I have had this one for years and it served its purpose!

I cut the bag into strips, and then loop them through one another so they are tied together.

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25 Aug 2011, 9:05 pm

iceveela wrote:

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

I meant how do you make it so they don't tear while you're crocheting them together.

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25 Aug 2011, 9:49 pm

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

I meant how do you make it so they don't tear while you're crocheting them together.

I just crochet them. My strips are a little wider than most though.

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25 Aug 2011, 9:53 pm

Hmm... okay. I was just asking because I've never attempted to crochet plastic bags and thought I might have a go.

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