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Our County in up state NY has stopped using plastic bags and are now using paper bags again. So these shopping bags are rare to find in my area. I was wondering if could use trash bags (of course NEW ones, not used). Will it still retain the desired offects? Its a different type of plastic. 😊

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That is brilliant! I'm going to try that and I will post it when I'm done. Thanks!

Great job Josey! I watched a few videos before yours and they did not help me. I was able to make my first 3 rows in just a few minutes after watching your video. Thanks!

If you pull down on the loop you will see the hole is upside down teardrop shape so the hook will go through easier with the hook facing down instead of up, like she does! (Crochet has been my passion for over 55 years) Also it is good to attach a tie up and carry strap since they must take it with them.

What number crochet hook do you use!

Everyone lets make them for the homeless❤❤❤ lets start a chain ❤❤❤❤❤

Thx so much!!! I think i am going to use my plastic bags to make big grocery bags, great idea and thx so much 4 this amazing video👍

I lost your voice in the middle of this video😢

My mom and my grandma made tote bags like this when I was little and I always wondered how. THANK YOU for this tutorial!!!!

It's possible! I had way too many hotdog & hamburger bags. So I wove them into a mat to sit on at all our son's little league games. He out grew the game. But I use the same mat at our grandsons sports events.

Josie you rock!!😊

What good are they. It would collect dirt, bacteria.

That is Radness!

Wow .these could be made for the homeless to sleep on💛

Just wanted to share that I really enjoyed this video that mysteriously popped up in my feed. Even though I know how to make works like this, your video was very soothing and re-assuring and came with the added bonus of making the precise terms and snooty names of things easy to understand. You are a great teacher! Thank you and I pray YHWH bless you! Have a fabulous day!

My meemaw would make mats out of bread loaf bags. They were so pretty

Great job!! Great idea!

Easier if you fold them?? And isn’t that thick?

What size needle is that?

I used to do something similar with plastic bags, but I braided them into rag rugs and secured them together with fishing line. Glad to see someone else trying to do something useful with what most of us don't think twice about tossing. Great job!

This was super impressive and inspiring

Loved your video.

I didnt realize how important this video was going to be. Thank you so much for teaching me the 2 things my grandmother couldn't. How to turn around on the 3rd level and how to cast off. (And that was with yarn) ❤❤❤🥹🥹🥹 i know she's up there whooping and hollarin' shouting FINALLY!! today. 😅😅😅 🙏🙏🙏 thank you. I understood it much better on the plastic and now as an adult. Darn ADHD. 😊

Thats so cool and creative of you . ❤ Thank you for sharing

You should LEAVE the TAIL at the end OUT! ... That way you can roll up the blanket and wrap the tail around to keep it rolled up like a sleeping bag. Or just use it to hang it (to wash/ dry it or whatever)

Wow i did the same but with any paper i could use and i made paper chinese square like chains

Nice! I would love to have one of these!

You could make a bag out of bags 👍🏻😂

I like it.

My grandmother made these with me as a kid. She passed and I couldn't carry on the tradition. After stumbling on your video not only did it bring back the good memories you shared but you explained it so perfectly and so easily for us beginners. Thank you so much!!!

toxic plastic ,ya i wanna breathe that in

This is awesome - this would be a great projects for schools

I really like this idea! I plan to make several! Thank you! I have so much plastic bags !

That’s so cool 😎 thank you 😊👍🏾👌🏾🌺❤️🌹

My aunts use to use bread bags!

What happens when these get wet? Do they get moldy and stinky? How long do they take to dry? Have you laid down on one of these? Not waterproof. Water and mud sqwoosh right through it. Better for controlling dry leaves?. Once wet, they stay wet. Not cushy untill there are MANY MANY layers. Try one in the back yard.

Lol. Plarn

I sold my art the first time when I was eight years old. Crocheted "Slave Sandals". I couldn't' get a single sale at my garage/Kool-Aid stand sale so I closed shop and went to the beach. I put my flashiest pair on and sat to work. In no time I had orders, my pile disappeared and I was able to pay mom back for the beads, hooks and stretchy yarn. But, during my first ever sale I realized I loved beads. A star was born. I built and built my resume'. I put beads on and in everything. I sewed my only child's clothes and hand made her blankets. I wove amazing dog collar strips with preordered dog names then charged to either make a collar or attach it. Now mind you, this was the 60's to the mid 80's at this point. I then met a man who did rendezvous. They are 1840's reenactment events where everything from toes to guns are for that era or before. While getting into this wild fun I wandered alone at the Feast of the Hunters Moon in Lafayette Indiana. I met a bead dealer like no other. Now mind you, I bought beads from a store on State and Michigan in Ann Arbor Michigan. It was the 70's when I was 13 and roaming around the Quad during the Hash Bash. Yes, I said Hash. Needless to say everyone was happy! After having my first run in with a Hair Krishna who gave me a vegetarian "meatless" ball for free then snatch it back when I couldn't donate, I wandered into one of the wildest stores I had seen in my short life. Few have met that level of cool in my 62 years. BEADS! EVERYWHERE! Strands by the thousands on the walls, muffin tins layered upon layer on waves of somewhat unstable tables. I guess they liked living on the edge back then....lol I was hooked on a new kind of bead that day. Antique, Ancient, Primitive and anything odd. If I had known then what I know now, I would be a millionaire. From Ghost beads to Ancient Roman glass beads, African trade beads, hand drilled bone, teeth and shell beads of the Native Americans, Chevrons only Kings could own, Cake beads from Venice, Red White hearts from Bohemia *old Czech Rep.*, and my dreamy cobalt anything as long as it was old. Cobalt these days is weak compared to old cobalt beads. I believe it is due to the supply lines from China providing only the best to their country and so on. However, spoiler alert, Cobalt is used in batteries. Currently there are mines in Africa and the Cobalt is being used in said batteries. Unfortunately, the poorest of the poor are literally being paid pennies a day, a slaves wage if that, to dig this stuff out of poorly maintained mines. The old, the young, the sick, the strong, anyone who is suffering from lack of means is working there and they are dying so Cobalt can run electric cars and cell phones. It sickens me. The mines are also owned by China, or so I have been told. So that makes old Cobalt beads much better than new ones. Sorry about that PSA, so, if you want to know about beads, ask me. I became a leading bead dealer for quite a few good years before I retired. I got what I needed, I helped people, I paid fair wages and I did good deeds then sold out to be more grounded. Life is good.. Oh, and the cutting and tying part of that job...I would hire that out! LOL....Have fun people and do your part to make the world a better place to be. Earth first, fun second.

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing. I would never have thought of this and actually something I can do while Im camping. 😊

Why are all the smart alecs telling her how to do it different? She is showing everyone a simple project everybody can do. Applaud her. Just because you are a super crocheter doesnt mean you have the right to shoot her down. Remember the KISS principle Keep It Simple Stupid. She is brilliant!

I think these would be great for the homeless community.

This is great to give out to the homeless!

For the row of chaining you do to start off the mat - if you have a crochet hook one size bigger you can use that just for the first row of chains, and it makes it match the rest of the crochet better in terms of stretchiness and length!

Sleep and plastic should never go together

My church makes about a dozen of these a year for the homeless. They are lightweight and don't take up a lot of space so they are well appreciated,

That’s crazy clever! ❤

this is genius! what are the uses people have found for these? i can think of a half dozen off the top of my head

I love the stripes

Girl you are awesome. Thanks for making my mundane night binge worthy.