The plarn continues

In awesome ways! Look at this plarn! Given, the only thing it makes me think of is muppets, or pubes, or muppet pubes, as I posted about in another forum. Which kind of gives me the willies.


Oh, the things you can do with plarn. I think this yarn is another great example of the unlimited nature of alternative yarns. This yarn is most definitely art yarn, but can also be used to crochet with. It's amazingly funky, and it makes me look at the materials around me in a whole new way.


When I started spinning it I had no idea it would end up like this. I envisioned the onion bags (the orange mesh) to stay, well, mesh, and to lie neatly next to the plastic bag. Clearly it did not.

It's crazy and spiky and kind of reminds me of cacti. The orange mesh sticks up every which way, and is very tactile. Surprisingly, though, it's not painful! I can't stop touching it.


I am not sure what to DO with such an invention though. Any ideas? All I can think of is muppets, and that is not productive. I'm already amassing more onion bags, in the hopes of getting another skein of this spun up this weekend.

I'm thinking it would make good:
-Cat toys
-scrubbies
-crazy bags

but that's all I've got. All suggestions are recommended! You know how I love crocheting with plarn.

There is some more info on my rav page, in the stash section as well!

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

I'm pretty sure I've used that title before. What does that say about me? Oh well...

I have continued to binge on thrift store sweaters and recycled materials. It's an addiction, and it's weird. I enjoy thrifting more than shopping at yarn stores, and lately I've enjoyed the process of reclaiming the yarn more than I have actually enjoyed knitting it.

Part the First of this bizarre obsession:

From Winter 2009

The gigantic bag of yarn sitting on my living room floor waiting to be measured and skeined. I'm ashamed to admit how big the bag is, but let's just say that it usually carries half my groceries. I'm not going to do anything with it until I get my new swift!

Part the 2nd:

I may or may not have gone thrifting yesterday. For $1.09 a sweater, who would have been able to say no?

Certainly not me...

They're all wool blends. No acrylic. All soft and luxurious and HUGE. I can't wait to sink my little fingers into them.

And, perhaps the most exciting thing I've done in a while...

Part the Third:

Yarn from a t-shirt, lightly plied, and





AWESOME plarn. Plastic bags and casette tapes spun together. I love it. LOVE it.

Tonight I have 2.5 hours of Bach Choir, but hopefully I'll be able to post a tutorial on making plarn and t-shirt yarn in the near future. It's seriously addicting.