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
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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:
Pull Tab and Hemp Cr...
Pretty in Pink Detai...
Pretty in Pink
I Love Brazil
Fan-TAB-ulous Pop To...
Purse with Glass Bea...
Backpack
Yellow Backpack
Pull Tab Crochet Dog...
Pull Tab Crochet Lea...
Pull Tab Crochet Flo...
Candy Mix Pull Tab L...
Candy Mix Pull Tab D...
Burgundy and Silver...
Pul Tab Necklace wit...
Glass Bead and Pull...
Glass Bead and Pull...
Black Round Tab Purs...
Lollypop
I Dream in Blue Pull...
Pull Tab crochet on the web
Let's praise all the beautiful work out there
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)
Creations on Video
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
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 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
- CONTEMPLATIVE CROCHET · Crochet @ CraftGossip
- "Contemplative Crochet" is a different kind of book for my library. This quote caught my attention:...
- Learn to Crochet - Free Instructions and Patterns: Crochet Hooks ...
- 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 houseVisit 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...
Me salen alas wrote
Hola! he hecho una reseña sobre vosotros en mi blog!!
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Saludos.
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.
Posted April 04, 2009
mistyblue75605 wrote...
These are the coolest things!!! I have found a new love!! Thank you so much!! 5*'s
Posted December 05, 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....
Posted November 24, 2008
