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A thrifty TikToker is using “plarn” to crochet her trendy fashion pieces. Decode and demystify Gen Z's latest online slang terms with In The Know's new glossary. “First, just flatten out your bag,” Xu ...
Join Homewood Recycling's Hop Reuse Hub team for a fun, two-part Lunch & Learn series this spring. We will teach you how to use plastic bags to make a reusable produce bag! This is a two-part event.
Jessica McDonald, a textile artist from St. John's, recently started using plarn, a yarn made out of plastic bags, in her crafts. (Heather Barrett/CBC) With Newfoundland and Labrador's plastic bag ban ...
Friday, 12 September, International Crochet Day, has been a chance to celebrate a timeless craft that brings calm, creativity ...
Crocheting is not an unusual hobby, but Tonia Mercer adds a twist that makes her fibre arts stand out from most. Mercer spends her days turning plastic yarn — or plarn — into crocheted reusable ...
MENOMONEE FALLS - Joan Romasko's fingers deftly wove unusual yarn with her crochet hook as a blanket-like mat spilled over her legs. The yarn is not for sale at a fabric store — it's actually plastic ...
It is called -- plarn. Plastic yarn! Since 2018, the women of the Old Town Fenton DAR chapter have been creating sleeping mats out of plarn for those in need. “We decided we really like helping the ...