Crocheted Grocery Bag (from Grocery Bags!)

After I saw CassieMarie’s crocheted grocery bag pattern, I knew I wanted to try it. But, I didn’t want to waste yarn in case I couldn’t figure the pattern out since I just started learning how to crochet. So, I decided to make it out of plastic grocery bags…and this is how it turned out:

Honestly, I felt a little silly making a bag out of bags, but I seriously wanted to see if I could do it and I’m pretty pleased with the results. I think this would make a great beach bag! To learn how to make yarn out of grocery bags, visit my tutorial, or this one. Here’s the pattern for the crocheted grocery bag.

DIY Yarn from Grocery Sacks

When I was a teenager, one of the service projects we did at our church was making yarn out of plastic grocery sacks. The yarn would be collected and shipped to Africa where the women could crochet and/or knit the yarn into products they could sell.

I’m learning how to crochet right now so I thought some grocery sack yarn would be a great way to learn without going through tons of normal yarn. This Is how I make my grocery sack yarn: