Feast your eyes upon this actual runway design by Ronaldo Fraga for the 2006 Brasilia fashion week!There's something about pop tops that makes people want to crochet them together, like here and here. A remarkable Brazilian site (in English) offers stylish bags of pop tops crocheted together. The same site offers a poptopflower tutorial here and you've GOT to see these pop top fashions of the '70's!
I'm speechless, almost; I just have to point out that ok yeah, "being green" (in the eco-recycling sense) might be the in thing now, but crocheters have always had an irascible green streak--we crochet plastic bags into coasters, totes, rugs, ropes, hats, welcome mats, outdoor decor, incredible objets d'art, and even indestructible mattresses for the homeless (some with built-in air pockets)! We crochet fabric strips into rugs, video and cassette tape into evening purses and doll clothes, butcher's twine or other reclaimed string into market bags, clothesline into baskets, bottlecaps into trivets (video here), Christmas cards into boxes and ornaments, and used CD's into room dividers (Jen Hansen's), coasters, hotpads, and bottoms for purses and baskets. Crocheters were cool long before the planet got too hot.
Now I'm speechless.
Thank you Vashti for linking to my blog about my crocheted ornaments. I enjoy many crafts but crochet is my first love. I love your blog and especially like the pictures of retro crocheted fashions! Season's greetings. Anne
ReplyDeleteHere's a news story about crocheting plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.burlingtonpost.com/news/article/222772