Swap

I have always wanted a Kool Aid bag like this Just found out they are called Capri sun bags.
We dont have these in Australia so I cant make myself one, so looking for someone who will swap with one of my bags made from plastic shopping bags. Any takers.
Here are the ones I have made at the moment.

Made from different blues and white

The base is made from a different bag to the top, the top is made from red dot bags.

Made from greys and white

Blue striped bag

scrubbie

I have spent all week trying to crochet a scrubbie out of plastic shopping bags, here is the pattern I used

Scrubbie

I made and pull out several, 2 got to the sewing up stage, I even made one out of wool to see if I was doing it right, but I think the plastic bags crochet up too thick as they just would not spiral.

Not to be out done I then knitted one out of plastic bags, this worked well although next time I will add extra stitches and maybe rows and will stuff it a bit with the plastic bags to make it more puffy. I used wool to sew the seams together and gather the ends as the plastic yarn was not thick enough. Will let the girls try it out on the dishes tonight to see how it goes.

Dish Cloths for free

We all use dish cloths of one form or another, well now you can make your own out of something that gets thrown in the bin in many households.

I have both crochet and knitted these, the crochet ones are more thicker and sturdy, where as the knitted ones are softer. I also use the knitted ones as a wash cloth in the bath and shower.

CROCHET DISH CLOTH

You can use a hook from 1.75 to 2.50

1.75 will be more thicker and sturdy where the 2.50 will be softer.

I prefer to do Granny Squares making sure I put all my ends on one side so I have a raggy side and a smooth side. This is a photo of a cloth that has been used and washed many times. Because it is cotton it can be boiled, bleached and washed in hot water.

I have not tried doing a cloth in rows of treble or double crochet, but should work just as well.

KNITTED DISH CLOTH
I use 2 or 2.25mm needles, using smaller needles than these will give you a tighter knit.
Cast on 60 stitches
Knit every row until square then cast off.
Because I like to crochet more than knitting I have not tried any fancy stitches with this and have not tried to get all my ends to one side like I do with crocheted ones. The knitted ones are more likely to get holes in them and dont last as long as the crochet ones.

Tea Bag Sting Crochet scarf

With a 1.75 hook chain 61

Miss 2 chain 1 treble in each chain to end [us double crochet]

Treble each row till it is long enough for you.

Mine is 1.70m long.

I worked my stitches so the knots all are on the same side, so one side you can see the different colours of the yarn, while the other side is more raggy with all the ends.

Next time I crachet one I will do it with a bigger hook, because as this one is soft would like it even softer.

Crafting with Tea Bag strings

At the beginning of 2009 a lady from one of my online quilting groups asked for tea bag strings so she could send to another lady who was going to make something out of them, I thought it a wonderful idea so gave my mum a challenge to do some thing also. She started to knit squares out of them to make a table cloth. When I saw how soft and lovely they where I started a project as well.

A crochet scarf was my first project, I then dyed a few and crochet some squares with flowers in them and made one into a pin cushion. Lately I have been fiddling with dish/wash cloths in both knitted and crochet form.