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 ...

But now, more and more knitters are finding a way to help both the environment and the homeless — by using recycled plastic yarn, or plarn, and knitting mats and sleeping bags for people ...

Betty White, of Caldonia, displays purses, pouches, wine bottle gift bags, totes, hats and dresses she crochets using yarn made from plastic shopping bags. The dress on the lower right was made ...

While learning about different crochet techniques, she discovered you can cut up the bags and turn them into plastic yarn, or "plarn." "You tie the pieces of the bag together," Allred explained.

According to NHS Advisor and Teacher Catherine DuBrava, PLARN can be referred to as plastic yarn. “Part of National Honor Society is to provide service for the community,” said DuBrava.

Craft With the Plastic Bags You Already Have From holiday wreaths to making ‘plarn’ (aka plastic yarn), there are so many unique ways you can put your matryoshka dolls of a plastic bag pile to ...

On top of that, Bionic Yarn “tells a great story,” Rissanen said, which can help captivate and introduce consumers of all styles to sustainable fashion. And with this can come greater consumer ...

She came up with the concept of crocheting the plastic yarn to create beds that homeless people could put on the ground. Around the same time in the winter of 2017, Utah Athletics was looking for ...

Workshops and meetups kept the momentum going. Miller says more than 100 people were collecting plastic, flattening, and folding it into plastic yarn, and doing the needlework.

WALNUT GROVE, MO – Plastic bags always pile up for Paula Moore, but it’s plastic that isn’t going to waste. Each week, she meets with her friends, who come ready to work. They huddle around ...