Are they the same as the produce bags at the grocery? They are thin but only come in clear and pale green here…I know I have seen red and yellow in the past, but I haven’t seen newspapers much around here.
Produce bags are a good idea, I hadn’t thought of that! I think they are a different type of plastic (more stretchy?) but I think they could potentially work. We buy so much produce that I’m kind of embarrassed that I didn’t think of that
My quick googling tells me that the newspaper bags are made from low-density polyethylene (LDPE) whereas produce bags are made with high-density polyethylene (HDPE).
Newspaper bags are generally recommended for the project I want to do so I’ll keep my open ISO out for them but will start saving my produce bags too. Thanks for the idea!
I will start “collecting” them from the driveways when I see them…
Kitty fabric? What are you looking for.
Hey, @Magpie! Did you get the kitty fabric I sent? It was quite a while ago. (Black fabric with midcentury mod cats.)
My beautiful Australian bird panels arrived from @mellybelly81
The superb fairy wren is my favourite bird… these are so treasured, thank you Mel!
But I promise, I will use the good stuff xx
WOW! Those are gorgeous…I have two beautiful embroideries of birds and really need to use them instead of leaving them in a box! I thought about just framing them, but I believe that is what they were in their first life! I have seem some gorgeous totes made with them, but how many totes do I need? I might put them on back of an olive green jean jacket as a start of another artsy jacket.
I also some gorgeous Australian flower embroidery patterns that came with my embroidery machine…I should stitch them up.
Oh dear, I don’t think so. Thank you so much for sending it though, I so appreciate that . It could still show up, the mail is a bit unreliable still.
I did get a whole whack of the weirdest prints from @mellybelly81 today, thank you!
These frogs & dogs… just whaaa?! Lol
@Edel I missed your question, oops. Just any cat print scraps to make coasters & mugrugs for kitty lovin’ friends & rellies. Just for fun
Coordinate the colors and you can combine just about anything!!
Love those frogs!! They are mysterious!!
Those are the colors that are part of my go to palette…orange, green violet! What an odd print…frogs and dogs…lol
Aren’t they ridiculous? I’m excited to use that fabric somewhere unexpected. To line pockets or a pouch or something. Too funny!
Thanks to everyone who offered to send! I’m all set on scrap yarn now
Do you have a preferred fiber content?
Hah just editedmy post to address that!
I may have some yarn for you, @sheepBlue. However, relatedly, does anyone have a fantastic resource for understanding the weight of yarn you have? Much of it came without labels, and I often just knit a few gauges until the sizing works out. I learned how to test for fiber content, but I consistently fail at figuring out the names for the thickness of the yarn itself. This is what I get for thrift crafting, I suppose.
If it’s a thinner yarn it should work, not sure on a resource though.
For weaving yarn we use a ruler and find the “wraps per inch” to figure out sett. You could probably do the same (google for how to do it) for knitting yarns to get a rough approximation. I don’t have any fingering weight yarn so I can’t give a guess about what the WPI would be (but maybe google would have ideas).