Knitting with unconventional materials can be a fun and creative challenge. Here is a basic pattern for using plastic covers from wet wipes and thin socks to create a colorful and unique tote bag:Materials:
- Plastic covers from wet wipes (around 20-30 covers depending on the size of the bag you want to make)
- Thin socks (around 3 pairs, again depending on the size of the bag)
- Scissors
- Knitting needle (size US 9 or 10)
- Thread and needle (for sewing the bag together)
- Cut the plastic covers into long, thin strips that are around 1 inch wide.
- Take one of the strips and tie a knot at one end. This will be the beginning of your yarn.
- Thread the yarn through the knitting needle and begin knitting a basic garter stitch, which is simply knitting every row.
- As you run out of one strip, tie another strip to it and continue knitting until you have a strip of fabric that is roughly 20 inches long and 10 inches wide. This will be one side of your tote bag.
- Repeat steps 2-4 to create another strip of fabric that is the same size as the first.
- Cut the socks into long, thin strips that are around 1 inch wide.
- Using the sock strips, knit a strip of fabric that is roughly 20 inches long and 10 inches wide.
- Repeat step 7 to create another strip of sock fabric that is the same size as the first.
- Sew the two plastic fabric strips together along one long edge.
- Sew the two sock fabric strips together along one long edge.
- Sew the plastic fabric strip to the sock fabric strip along the short edges, creating a rectangular bag shape.
- Fold the bag in half with the plastic fabric on one side and the sock fabric on the other side.
- Sew the two sides of the bag together, leaving the top open.
- Cut two strips of sock fabric to create handles for the bag. Sew one end of each handle to each side of the bag.
- Your tote bag is now complete and ready to use!
