• Creating With Plarn

Creating With Plarn

Margi C. writes: "I recently started crocheting with plastic bags. I cut the bags into strips, tie them together, roll them into a ball and start crocheting. I've made rugs, soap dishes, baskets and tote bags. They have been a big hit with people I know, especially my boyfriend. He helps me make the balls of plarn (plastic yarn) and encourages me to keep up with my projects. I would like to see you do a newsletter on this. I think it would be a lot of fun!"

Editor's Comments

Sounds like you are enjoying recycling plastic bags, Margi! Please see this article from the July 18 newsletter for a free project using this technique. That newsletter also includes a product review for the Strip-It™ Fabric Stripper, which helps cut plastic bags into strips. It's available at Clotilde.com.

I'd love to hear how you use your creativity. Click here to share with the rest of us. Though I can't respond to individual feedback, your ideas may be featured in a future Creative Woman newsletter.

Happy creating!

Robin Arnold was introduced to crafts at a young age by her great-grandmother. Though the crafting bug skipped a couple of generations, Robin made up for it through her voracious appetite for learning all types of crafts. Some of the crafts she has enjoyed are: quilting, plastic canvas, sewing, stained glass, painting, punch needle, tatting, crochet, knitting, beading, metal crafting, embroidery, parchment craft, stamping, ribbon embroidery and paper crafting. Her current favorites are parchment craft, beading and paper crafting.

Robin's creative passion extends to her professional life. She joined Annie's Attic's kit sourcing department in 2005. When her colleagues noticed her desk area decorated with beautiful handmade cards, she was transferred into the kit product development team. Soon after, she was named product manager for Creative Woman and CardMaker Kit-of-the-Month Clubs. As a result, most waking hours are spent crafting!

In her free time, Robin instills a love for crafts in children through her work in Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and 4-H, as well as through summer camps, children's Sunday school and vacation Bible school. She has also taught many adult classes locally and at national conventions. She also enjoys reading, gardening and playing with her toy poodle.

As a married mother of four grown children, she keeps in touch with weekly handmade greeting cards for each.

Two favorite quotes describe Robin's views on creativity:

"There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns." -- Edward de Bono

"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun." -- Mary Lou Cook

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