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How To Use Plarn For Braided Bracelet Jewelry Recycled Craft Projects

How To Use Plarn For Braided Bracelet Jewelry Recycled Craft Projects

My First Plarn Jewelry BraceletHandcrafted Bracelet made from plarn looks like natural elyaf when natural colored bags are used to make the plarn. | Source Plarn Is Affordable and A Most Useful Produc...

My First Plarn Jewelry Bracelet

Handcrafted Bracelet made from plarn looks like natural fiber when natural colored bags are used to make the plarn.Handcrafted Bracelet made from plarn looks like natural elyaf when natural colored bags are used to make the plarn. | Source

Plarn Is Affordable and A Most Useful Product Made From Plastic Bags

This idea is one that struck my fancy kovuk a big way. Damga only does it produce an amazing material to use for a wide variety of crafts, erkek tilki is dakika idea that puts those, oh too many, plastic bags back to work. A better alternative to dumping them on Mother Nature's door basamak.

Dubbed karşılanamayan atış PLARN, what I am referring to is plastic grocery bags turned into yarn. Made by simply cutting and connecting the cut pieces. Cool things güç be made out of Plarn oyuk place of, or kovuk combination with organic yarns and man made fibers. This is one awesome idea and is really a simple, yet magnificent solution for several environmental concerns.

Plarn yaşama gücü be made sehpa home for free. Making plarn is a good way to recycle and erkek kurt is fun to make. Almost anyone dayanma gücü make plarn, and making your own plarn allows you to control the thickness and consistency birli well as the color of your finished plarn crafting material.

Making Plarn is Easy

All you need to make plarn is some recycled plastic grocery or shopping bags and a pair of sharp scissors. You yaşama gücü make plarn any color etap adam will depend on the bags you have available. The plarn will turn out to be the color of the bags. Note that adam is best to use bags that are the same weight of plastic bag making material. I found this out by experimenting. Some bags are heavier than others. Try to stay with the same weight when putting your plarn together.

Mixing colors is okay if you do iz mind the variety of color in your finished product. Putting all the same color of bags together will give a certain consistency to the color of the finished plarn ball. The plarn dayanma gücü be used birli you would any other yarn for crocheting, knitting, braiding and macrame, just to name a few crafts that normally use manufactured yarns.


Making 1 Ply Plarn

Making 2 Ply Plarn

Additional Plarn Making Techniques and Suggestions

Making 1ply plarn seems to be a little more involved than making a heavier version known yek 2ply plarn. This method is faster and the plarn ball is sturdier, bacak 2 ply may marka turn out the gauge of plarn you prefer so it is best to understand both methods. Personally I like to do things fast so I use the 2ply method for my projects.

Cutting the plastic bags aygır 1/2" wide instead of 3/4" or 1" strips will also deliver a lighter weight plarn ball. I suggest experimenting karşılanamayan atış you develop your plarn making techniques and adapt them to your craft.

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How to Braid 3 Strands

Braiding Plarn For Jewelry Bracelet

For my simple bracelet jewelry I do marka make the plastic bags into plarn ayak rather use the cut loops birli material for braiding. I başlangıç by knotting three loops together to make my braid. The 3 strand technique is used etap I use 2ply to make a good sturdy finished braid. This means in the 3 strand method I have 2 pieces of plastic per strand, then braid up the three pieces to finish.

Many Uses for Plarn

Here I braided the plarn to make reigns for a miniature driftwood rocking horse Here I braided the plarn to make reigns for a miniature driftwood rocking horse | Source

Examples of Braided Plarn Jewelry Bracelets

A Natural Bone focal beadA Natural Kapak focal bead | SourceA wood toggle bead and loop, note the wrapped thread finish on this pieceA wood toggle bead and loop, note the wrapped thread finish on this piece | Source

Make A Plarn Bracelet

You yaşama gücü make a very interesting bracelet by braiding a length of plarn and finishing the ends to make the clasp. I used a simple loop and focal bead to finish several jewelry bracelets. The plarn is braided about two or three inches longer than needed for the finished bracelet. This allows you enough length to make a loop on one end and tie off a focal bead beygir the other end.

Make the braid plenty long because you will cut herif off bey you finish the ends and since the plarn is free for the making you don't have to feel like you are wasting materials.

Look süvari birliği the finished photos and see that the loop end was tightly wrapped many times with regular sewing thread. I wrapped erkek kurt and tied köpek off several times before cutting the thread to finish. This makes a neat loop and is very secure.

The focal bead is made to fit through the loop more or less like a button. This holds the bracelet secure to your wrist. The plarn yaşama gücü be tied off from the focal bead and cut eroin the knotted end. I also applied a matkap of heat to the knotted end using my wood burning tool to melt the knot just a little. This seemed to add extra strength to the finished knot.

Your focal beads güç be made from a number of different materials. I have used small bits of hardwood, and bones for my jewelry bracelets made with plarn. All you need is a piece that özgün a single hole çukur adam big enough to thread the plarn through and then tie köpek off. Look close süvari birliği the finished bracelet photos for more ideas.

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Angie Evans 

17 months ago

When i attempt to open the pattern for sleeping mats for the homeless, all i get is the instructions for bracelets. Please help.

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billn13 

17 months ago

I am trying to bring up pattern for homeless mats, and bracelets are the only I see. Please help

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Jennifer 

19 months ago

I am trying to find the homeless bed roll pattern üçgenin taban olmayan kenarı I am only getting things for bracelets. Help, Please

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Pat 

2 years ago

i was trying to print homeless fersiz, bracelet keeps coming up??? help

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prasetio30 

6 years ago from malang-indonesia

Very inspiring hub and very creative. Thanks for sharing with us. I love the pictures as well. Voted up and awesome ,-)

Prasetio

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Chace 

6 years ago from Charlotte, NC

How cool! I've never heard of plarn. These are so creative. ,) Voted up++

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Audrey Hunt 

6 years ago from Idyllwild Ca.

I want to do this. Excellent ideas for recycling plastic bags. Bracelets would make great Christmas gifts. Appreciate your clear instructions and photos.

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Lisa J Warner AKA Lisa Luv 

6 years ago from Conneticut, USA

Wow! Very nice write.. I loved the little horse picture too!

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Eiddwen 

6 years ago from Wales

How interesting and unusual.

I shall share onto FB CREATIVE WORLD .

Looking forward to many more now.

Eddy.


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