Upcycled Tatted Thread Bracelet -5
March 9, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Techniques & Stitches, bags & scarf & mittens & hat, crafts, eco projects & green projects & recycling craft, jewelry, tatting, tutorial
Of course, I couldn’t stop at just one bracelet…
so I made a second one:
Because I had a plan…. bangle bracelets look better when there are more than one….
(BTW, the flash does nasty things to the bracelets…. in real life, they look smooth and kind of irridescent. The flash seems to expose their undies. How rude!)
AND, because I love Furoshiki.
What’s Furoshiki?
It’s an ancient and elegant Japanese solution to carrying things in the greenest possible way.
Here’s a link: FUROSHIKI
I’ve impressed the heck out of all kinds of people by whipping a headscarf out of my purse and tying a couple of knots in it to make a market bag.
I have also been using bracelets as handles for my version of furoshiki.
Here’s how:
Tie 2 adjacent corners to one bracelet, and the other 2 corners to the second bracelet….
and VOILA!
You have an instant, earth friendly, eco happy market bag, GREEN tote bag, carry sack, re-usable, upcycled, recycled tote!
HURRAH!
(image source: photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay. Copyright, not to be used without permission)
That is a wonderful idea; you do such wonderful things.
Thank you so much, Barbara!