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

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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 

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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 

Craftzine.com blog : How-To: Crochet Garland
This sweet garland from Dottie Angel would make a delightful decoration for the winter season. See h...
Crocheting Comfort « Official Blog of the Crochet Liberation Front
Comfort from crochet...it goes both ways. I have to admit I used to think the term “comfort-ghanâ€...
22 Free Crochet Patterns Roundup Part2 | FaveCraftsBlog
Welcome to our free crochet patterns roundup part 2. Are you so excited? Crochet sweaters keep you w...
Simple Holiday Gifts to Crochet or Knit: Gift Ideas for Crocheters ...
Sometimes the best gift is one that's homemade. If you crochet or knit there are many different gift...
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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.

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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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