I like the idea of 'plarn': yarn made from plastic bags and used to make all manner of reusable planet-friendly stuff. The trouble is that it's not a straight forward to knit with as your average run-of-the-mill yarn. With a new fibre a bit of guidance is sometimes helpful. This is where the new book Eco-Friendly Knits using Recycled Plastic Bags by the green-needled Emily Blades comes in.
The new book features 20 patterns to turn your yarn into a perfectly purled piece. The items range from the expected plarn bag to the unusual plarn earrings with a few plastic-based twists in between.
Perfect for keeping it green while you keep the sharp edge of your stitching knowledge keen.
(Insiders info: Stitch and Bitch London are running a competition to win one of five shiny plastic copies on our blog too. Feel free to join us and enter.)
