Seems stores are now going to be charging us for plastic carrier bags.
Whilst I have no problem paying for these, I object strongly when these bags are plastered with the logos of the stores. IMHO, they should be paying ME to do their advertising.
Anyway.. having a fair old stock of plastic bags anyway, I have knitted/crocheted my own bags out of these. They are far stronger and none of the logos show
There are plenty of knitting patterns available if you google them, but these two links have proved to be useful.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-450744/Knit-shopping-bag.html
http://plasticisrubbish.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/knitting-with-plastic-bags/
And I have attached a pdf for a crocheted bag.
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