PULL TAB (POP TOP) CROCHET

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Crochet with pop tops is a very popular craft in my home country, Brazil. I think that most pull tab crochet products you may see online are "pasteurized" and mass-produced. They strive for perfection, while I do it for the pure enjoyment of creating something with my own two hands (wish I had a third one...). I think of it as wearable art and minor imperfections are part of the charm.   

Upcycled crochet items using aluminum pull tabs from soda and beer cans 

See what it's all about

All the items I make are crocheted or knit using recycled, post-consumer, clean, aluminum soda can pull tabs, or pop tops. Check what pull tab crochet is all about.

I have started using "plarn", a "yarn" made from recycled plastic bags cut into strips. The results are very interesting

Let me know if you like it...Leave a blurb in my Guestbook...

Pull Tab Crochet Pics 

You can see them all in my Etsy shop......if I have not sold them yet!

My OOAK creations:

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Pull Tab crochet on the web 

Let's praise all the beautiful work out there

My Etsy Pull Tab Shop with pull tab handbags, clothing and accessories for sale

Pop Top Purse with Tutorial

Novica with pull tab handbags and accessories made by Neide Ambrosio, from Brazil, for purchase

Escama Studios

Pull Tab Bracelet tutorial

Craft Magazine Pull Tab Crochet

Flower Pot Holder Tutorial from Angela Cassilha's Blog (in Portuguese but the pictures are good enough to figure it out)

I Took The Handmade Pledge! BuyHandmade.org

Creations on Video 

Brazilian Artisan Neide Ambrosio talks about her pull tab creations. English subtitles. Her items are for sale at the Novica store online (link above).

Novica Artisan Neide Ambrosio at Brazilian TV Show

Novica artisan Neide Ambrosio interviewed by Hebe Camargo and the top model Luiza Brunet at a popular TV talk show. Neide talks about her bags made with soda pop-tops. Her work called the attention of Californian kids that wrote her many letters appraizing Neide's nice eco-friendly products. (English Subtitles)

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"Desfile de roupas recicladas, feitas de Sucata" 

Fashion Show - Clothes made from trash

Eliane Cordeiro shows her outfits made with recycled pull tabs and other found items on Eliana's talk show, from Brasil. It's in Portuguese, but the images are worth it...

Desfile de roupas recicladas, feitas de Sucata

O Casal Jairo e Margarete apresentaram na TV Record no Programa da Eliana seus artesanatos feitos com lacres de latinhas.

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Escama Studio 

Promotional Video

Escama (Fish Scale) Studio works with a Brazilian Co-op of Artisans Called "Panteras do Lacre" (loosely, Pull Tab Jaguars).

Escama Studio

Escama Studio combines sustainable design with fair trade principles to create a new breed of alluring fashion accessories. Based in San Francisco, Escama Studio works directly with two Brazilian craft cooperatives—Cia do Lacre and As Panteras do Lacre—to design and produce these sleek, modern pieces using traditional crochet techniques and recycled aluminum pull-tabs.

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Crochet Blog Posts from Google 

Seventies Sunshine Crochet Rug on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
I crocheted this rug with yarn I hand-cut from two thrift store bed sheets.
Craftzine.com blog : Mystery Christmas Crochet Project From Sarah ...
Sarah London has just announced her mystery Christmas crochet project, which runs through the end of...
PlanetJune by June Gilbank » Christmas Trees crochet pattern
The design includes a lip inside the base, so the tree will stand stably without the need for stuffi...
Crochet Spot » Blog Archive » Crochet Pattern: Easiest Coaster ...
After all they're just circles you put your drinks on so that you don't mess up your table. In this...

Other Interesting Things Using Beer and Soda Cans 

There's more to them than the pull tabs...

The Orange Show Center for Visionary Arts in Houston is finally done renovating the beer can house

Visit the Red Bull Art of Can page. It's in Houston this year and I have been to it. AWESOME! It may not give you wings, but it sure gives your imagination some!!!!

Visit my friend Urbanwoodswalker on Flickr. She has picture sets of awesome stuff she makes with the cans.

Tell me what you think... 

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spunkycourtney wrote

wow! Your work is beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

Reply Posted November 09, 2009

Quirina wrote...

Gosh, how darn cool!!!

ReplyPosted November 01, 2009

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margot Cardarelli wrote

in reply to PopTopLady Thank you!!!!!

Reply Posted October 25, 2009

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Marissa wrote

I love your stuff!! I know you probably get that a lot! I looked at your stuff on Etsy, and the price is VERY reasonable! Actually I would say its unbelievable! You're so blessed to have such a wonderful, creative talent!

Reply Posted October 23, 2009

PopTopLady wrote...

in reply to margot cardarelli I get mine at Ebay; my favorite seller is Coindude1 and his boy scouts.

ReplyPosted October 19, 2009

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by PopTopLady

Teacher, Crafter, Wife, Mother (not necessarily in that order).

I was born and raised in the south of Brazil. Moved to Canada in 1993, to the US in 1... (more)

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