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Capital City Weekly
Have you heard? We're in a recession. Yes, crafters worldwide are buckling down and cinching it in. Every day, scarves are getting shorter, quilts are becoming thinner, and a little less glitter graces the pages of scrapbooked memories. What is a crafter to do in tight times like these? Easy: make do as makers do. In true crafty style, creatives everywhere are turning discards into art. And the favorite these days takes plastic grocery sacks and whips it into yarn, fittingly named PLARN!
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Save some dough during tough times: plarn it!
Save some dough during tough times: plarn it!
Photos By Tanna Peters.
A close-up of a plarn rug by Carol Schriver, made from plastic Juneau Empire delivery bags. Below, more of Schriver's rugs.
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