PULL TAB (POP TOP) CROCHET

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WEARABLE ART



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:

Pull Tab and Hemp Crochet Purse and Wallet by Pop Top Lady

Pull Tab and Hemp Cr...

Pretty in Pink Detail by Pop Top Lady

Pretty in Pink Detai...

Pretty in Pink by Pop Top Lady

Pretty in Pink

I Love Brazil by Pop Top Lady

I Love Brazil

Fan-TAB-ulous Pop Top Crochet Skirt by Pop Top Lady

Fan-TAB-ulous Pop To...

Purse with Glass Bead Tassel by Pop Top Lady

Purse with Glass Bea...

Backpack by Pop Top Lady

Backpack

Yellow Backpack by Pop Top Lady

Yellow Backpack

Pull Tab Crochet Dog Collar by Pop Top Lady

Pull Tab Crochet Dog...

Pull Tab Crochet Leash by Pop Top Lady

Pull Tab Crochet Lea...

Pull Tab Crochet Floral Purse by Pop Top Lady

Pull Tab Crochet Flo...

Candy Mix Pull Tab Leash by Pop Top Lady

Candy Mix Pull Tab L...

Candy Mix Pull Tab Dog Collar by Pop Top Lady

Candy Mix Pull Tab D...

Burgundy and Silver Pull Tab Purse by Pop Top Lady

Burgundy and Silver...

Pul Tab Necklace with Flower by Pop Top Lady

Pul Tab Necklace wit...

Glass Bead and Pull Tab Crochet Necklace by Pop Top Lady

Glass Bead and Pull...

Glass Bead and Pull Tab Crochet Necklace by Pop Top Lady

Glass Bead and Pull...

Black Round Tab Purse by Pop Top Lady

Black Round Tab Purs...

Lollypop by Pop Top Lady

Lollypop

I Dream in Blue Pull Tab Purse by Pop Top Lady

I Dream in Blue Pull...

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 

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My thoughts are if the plastic hooks have any flexibility, it may make a difference in how I crochet...
The Idea Room: Visor Beanie with Flower Crochet Hat
I used a size H crochet hook. My yarn was all Lion Brand Cotton Ease in Terracotta (flower), Maize (...
Crochet Inspiration of the Week #1 alovelything.com
ruler handled crochet bag. Raised-Shells Crochet Bag, Crochet! Magazine. Though the bag is lovely, i...

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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Me salen alas wrote

Hola! he hecho una reseña sobre vosotros en mi blog!!
http://mesalenalas.blogspot.com/
Saludos.

Reply Posted May 06, 2009

0ctavias0fferings wrote...

This lens has been on my favourites for a good while, I think it deserves some Angel dust as well. Duly blessed.

ReplyPosted April 04, 2009

mistyblue75605 wrote...

These are the coolest things!!! I have found a new love!! Thank you so much!! 5*'s

ReplyPosted December 05, 2008

beachbum_gabby wrote...

Interesting recycling. Great job!

ReplyPosted December 02, 2008

PopTopLady wrote...

in reply to kilester I never use patterns and don't know how to write them. I just create as I go. If it works, it works; if it doesn't, it gets unraveled....

ReplyPosted November 24, 2008

 
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