Loving doodles

 ... from cassette tapes

Fireplace wood

You can buy the wood for your fireplace in hardware stores in sturdy sacks like this. They are robust, so again, the question is how to get handles onto them for reuse. You can always go a longer way, attach some accessoires and make a pretty bag, but for a fast solution just put some rope through.

 

Shopping nets

When I was a child people used to have shopping nets made from some synthetic ultralight material which fit into the palm of your hand. Thus, without trouble, you always had an additional carrier bag ready.

Among the potato nets I get from collectors there are often intact ones. Because it seems such a waste to cut them up I tried to get handles onto them without too much fuss. It works, but does require an hour or two of crocheting. You now have a shopping net which is as good as the ones I mentioned above.

Pass time

Sometimes I do not have a fancy idea for a project, but doing pouches like this always works.

Ready in time for the party

Clutch made from cassette tape again. It took about 70 min of 80ies music 😀.

Gingko

 Just doodling

 

 

Mobile cover

This was an order and a challenge. Requirements: Make a  pouch for a mobile phone and find a way to close it. I cut fruit nets in very thin stripes that would normally break. In order to avoid that I ran a thin silver thread along when crocheting to give it stability. For closure, I used a magnetic button.

 

 

Donations go to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Already in the past I have donated any revenues generated from sales of my bags to a good cause. I have now established a connection to "Ärzte ohne Grenzen" (Physicians without borders), which will receive these funds.

Their podcast    Hope, not war

 

I am in the process of setting this up, but you can buy a bag and donate already. Starting amount is 50 €.

 

This is how it works for now: 

1. Scroll through my blog and select a bag you like. 

2. Copy the picture of the bag to this Email address: grossklaus.arts.and.crafts@gmail.com 

3. Send the Email to this address and we clarify how you get the bag and MSF gets the funds.

 

Picture with permission from MSF. 

Wie könnt Ihr spenden? Ich arbeite an einem Katalog mit allen Taschen. Bis der fertig ist, schreibt mir bitte eine Email an grossklaus.arts.and.crafts@gmail.com und sagt mir, welche Tasche Ihr für eine Spende erwerben möchtet. Scrollt durch meinen Blog, kopiert das Bild einer Tasche in die Email und meldet Euch bei mir. Dann klären wir, wie Ihr an die Tasche und MSF an Eure Spende kommt. Mindestgebot 50 €.

Purple

Purple nets are pretty rare. Friends found some. Here is a shopper made from the little material I had.

 

 

Wind chime

I had kept a round plastic thing with no idea for a use. Found two now: it could be a picture frame (think of crafting with children), but I made it into a wind chime with an old metal grid (does not chime, but reflects the sun 😀).