Sometime back, I was cutting plastic bags into loops and making things with the resulting yarn. I crocheted a small rug, loom knit a purse, and made a few other things. The biggest project I worked on and the one I still am adding to, is a plarn braid. I'm braiding three strands together, making three braided strands, and braiding those three braids.
I had thought to construct a clothes line out of plastic bags. It makes sense. Easy to keep clean, strong enough to carry a good load, and weatherproof. I have about 30 yards of triple braid finished. I had a plan to go up to 50 yards.
We had a garage sale and I decided to use my clothes line for hanging up shirts. I stretched the braid between three of the posts on our porch and hung up the shirts. For the next day and a half, almost every time I went out, I needed to tighten that line. It stretched more than I would have thought.
So here's my conclusion. I may not need to do any more braiding. It will get to fifty feet without any more help from me. Also, plarn may not be the best material for a clothes line after all. I will figure out something useful to do with it, and eventually it will hit its maximum stretch. Then we'll see how good a clothes line it makes.
Happy crafting.
Kathi
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