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Unexpectedly pretty considering it's made from those ugly grey plastic bags, and quite capacious. I'm going to experiment with another style I have in mind.
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Oh, that's neat! How did you make the plarn?
Edit: never mind, I looked it up.
Now I want to try it!
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Now I want to try it!
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Maria, cut it spiral-wise rather than in strips. Just as easy to do and takes maybe 2 minutes more per bag, but far fewer knots.
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What a wonderful use of plastic bags! It's lovely.
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Design #2
I think I like it better. Takes about 35 used grocery bags.
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That's so very cool!
I just realized that one of my t-shirts is made from recycled plastic. I don't think I realized it when I bought it. It's nice soft fabric, good for exercise.
I just realized that one of my t-shirts is made from recycled plastic. I don't think I realized it when I bought it. It's nice soft fabric, good for exercise.
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Huh. Had no idea that’s possible.Frelga wrote:That's so very cool!
I just realized that one of my t-shirts is made from recycled plastic. I don't think I realized it when I bought it. It's nice soft fabric, good for exercise.
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That's because I can't read, as it turns out. The label was made from recycled plastic, not the t-shirt.
However, when I was looking for a mother's day gift, I found a scarf that was super soft and I thought it was wool. Nope, recycled bottles.
On an unrelated note, I had a complex but visually pleasing dream in which I became a superhero named the Yarnkeeper. My superpower was controlling wool. I had all these soft, fluffy scarves flock to me and make themselves into a cloak that allowed me to fly.
However, when I was looking for a mother's day gift, I found a scarf that was super soft and I thought it was wool. Nope, recycled bottles.
On an unrelated note, I had a complex but visually pleasing dream in which I became a superhero named the Yarnkeeper. My superpower was controlling wool. I had all these soft, fluffy scarves flock to me and make themselves into a cloak that allowed me to fly.
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OMG, that’s awesome, Frelga.
If I decide to steal it, I’ll ask first.
If I decide to steal it, I’ll ask first.
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The dream was possibly influenced by the tumblr post about The Knitter here http://dc-the-knitter.tumblr.com/ but if it's in any way useful, it's yours.
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I wouldn’t steal it, but I’d love to help write the comic.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
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Would that super power let you control sheep? If so, that is terrifying indeed.
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One who controls sheep is called a shepherd.
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The Knitter is hilarious!
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This was primetime TV in Ireland when I was growing up!
The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End
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That was surprisingly pleasant to watch, beautiful landscapes, adorable doggies, and Irish accents.
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
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I wish they'd show stuff like that here! The closest I've seen to it was a series Martin Clunes did on animals that was broadcast on Nat Geo Wild.
As a German shepherd owner, I am very interested in herding. The type of herding the GSD does is very different from the border collie, though. They act as a 'living fence' to keep the sheep out of crops, and do not herd with a strong eye the way the collie does.
In order to get the German herding title, the GSD has to move a flock of at least 200 sheep through several fields, negotiating bridges, roadways with traffic and gates. (The car(s) they encounter are owned and driven by people involved with the trial.)
Competitions for border collies use much smaller flocks, and the dogs never have to negotiate traffic.
A litter sister to the dog I am planning to breed Eska to has her HGH title, and the stud was in training for his, but unfortunately, the herding club was torn apart by internal dissension;and fell apart before he could get his title.
As a German shepherd owner, I am very interested in herding. The type of herding the GSD does is very different from the border collie, though. They act as a 'living fence' to keep the sheep out of crops, and do not herd with a strong eye the way the collie does.
In order to get the German herding title, the GSD has to move a flock of at least 200 sheep through several fields, negotiating bridges, roadways with traffic and gates. (The car(s) they encounter are owned and driven by people involved with the trial.)
Competitions for border collies use much smaller flocks, and the dogs never have to negotiate traffic.
A litter sister to the dog I am planning to breed Eska to has her HGH title, and the stud was in training for his, but unfortunately, the herding club was torn apart by internal dissension;and fell apart before he could get his title.
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When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
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Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
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Found a video of the stud's sister, Kira, herding, so you can see the difference in the two styles:
It's interesting to see how you can trace the HGH herding lines in the GSD breed right back to its very beginning at the turn of the 20th century. This is how the breed got its start. Its use as a police dog, seeing eye dog, etc. came later as Germany was industrialized and sheep no longer grazed on large open unfenced grazes.
It's interesting to see how you can trace the HGH herding lines in the GSD breed right back to its very beginning at the turn of the 20th century. This is how the breed got its start. Its use as a police dog, seeing eye dog, etc. came later as Germany was industrialized and sheep no longer grazed on large open unfenced grazes.
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.
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So cool! You can clearly see how it was originally a hunting behavior.
Better than most of the prime time stuff today.
Better than most of the prime time stuff today.
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Does that make this a ... wolf in sheep's clothing?Maria wrote:I've recently taken up needle felting. Here's a wolf I just finished using wool from my sheep.
Such adorable little felted critters! I especially loved the dragon (those wings are fantastic!!! AND BABY DRAGON!!) and trash panda!
Those blankets are fantastic! I lament somewhat never having the chance to learn crochet or knitting.
I briefly poked at felting but didn't do so well. I have sewn a few cuties, like my octomermaid
But otherwise I love embroidery:
Oh Impy, that's fantastic! We've just been talking in my house what to do with our drawer stuffed full of plastic bags! How do you make it? Do you have a tutorial or instruction you might suggest for someone wanting to try?Impenitent wrote:I hope this isn't considered out of place, as it's made of plarn rather than a natural fibre.
I think I used about 20 or so plastic supermarket bags to make the plarn.
I quite like it.
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"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF