Upcycled Bags

I love to create with upcycled/recycled materials!  These are selected photos of bags I have knitted or crocheted with repurposed videocassette or audiocassette tapes, book or magazine pages, in addition to silk sari fabrics and plastic bags.

Crocheted VHS tape along with scraps of yarn

Handle detail

Laminated magazine pages with crocheted yarn

Crochet

Placemat & fabric strips

Knitted "Plarn" (plastic grocery bags) with yarn

Handle detail

Laminated paperback book covers with crocheted yarn

Handle detail/crochet

Crocheted fabric strips with plastic mats

Handmade wood button

Laminated magazine pages with crocheted yarn

Magazine pages & crochet

Recycled silk garments along with VHS tape/crochet

Crocheted silk fabric ribbon and VHS tape

Crocheted "Tarn" (recycled T-shirts)

Knitted yarn with VHS tape

Knitted yarn with VHS tape