RoquetteQueen

joined 1 year ago
[–] RoquetteQueen@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This video shows how to cut up plastic bags to make plarn. It takes a while but it's easy to do while watching or listening to something. For the bag, I followed this video.

[–] RoquetteQueen@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

I haven't managed to count but I'm going through bags really quickly doing this. That bag was probably 2/3 of all the white plastic bags I've collected over the years.

 

I saw a video about ten years ago on crocheting with plarn (plastic bag yarn) and I thought it was such a neat idea. There was just one problem: I didn't know how to crochet. So, I started hoarding all my plastic bags (even more than I already was) thinking, "Oh, I'll learn how to crochet one day!" I finally learned to crochet a few weeks ago and now I'm working my way through my massive bag stash. I left the tail ends on and tried to tie them into decorations so I wouldn't waste any of the plastic.

I am way too excited about my trash bag bag. :)

[–] RoquetteQueen@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

The Amish community I know aren't super strict. They use gas farm equipment and are fine with solar batteries. They just don't want to be on the power grid.

[–] RoquetteQueen@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ever since Disney announced they are also going to ban account sharing, I've been going to thrift stores and grabbing any DVDs my children like or might like. I've gotten quite a few classics so far for less than the cost of one month of Disney+. I almost bought a VCR because the VHS collection at thrift stores here is huge and they are so cheap, but rewinding sucks.

[–] RoquetteQueen@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I was in middle school, some girl sang this song at the talent show. Except she didn't just sing any version of Ode to Joy. No, she sang this milk commercial version of the song.

[–] RoquetteQueen@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Learning to make good Indian food was one of my covid lockdown projects. Buying whole spices and grinding them myself made a big difference, and using ghee.

[–] RoquetteQueen@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

My mom didn't let me use a calculator as a kid and I'm really glad now. I can do simple calculations much faster than if I had to use a calculator.

[–] RoquetteQueen@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same with French here in Canada. I took French for six years and I still don't speak it at all, and I actually did really well in my French classes.

[–] RoquetteQueen@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

I like untangling things. We could work well together.

[–] RoquetteQueen@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I like American style pizza more than Italian.

[–] RoquetteQueen@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's definitely helpful for my low-income family, but not enough to make a noticeable difference. At least where I am, there is very rarely much available on flashfood. I did fill my freezer with bread today from it though.

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