Plarn, or plastic yarn, is made by folding and cutting strips of plastic bags. The strips are then combined together to make a ball similar to yarn.

Greensboro’s Field Operations and Police Departments are teaming up to transform thousands of plastic grocery bags into “plarn” – plastic bag yarn.

Tonia Mercer crochets plastic bags into new, reusable plastic bags because she wants to do her part to help the environment.

A thrifty TikToker is using “plarn” to crochet her trendy fashion pieces. Decode and demystify Gen Z's latest online slang terms with In The Know's new glossary. Plarn is yarn made out of ...

Crocheting is not an unusual hobby, but Tonia Mercer adds a twist that makes her fibre arts stand out from most. Mercer spends her days turning plastic yarn — or plarn — into crocheted reusable ...

Plarn, as she calls it, is a combination of two words: plastic and yarn. For a few months now, Eileen has been taking used plastic grocery bags and snipping and weaving them into mats.

Watch how I repurpose used grocery bags into braided plarn cord—perfect for crafting something unique like a basket while giving a second life to plastic," the video was captioned.

It is called -- plarn. Plastic yarn! Since 2018, the women of the Old Town Fenton DAR chapter have been creating sleeping mats out of plarn for those in need.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — An idea found online led to a new hobby and a way to give back to the community. Stephanie Ngugi’s turning plastic grocery bags into yarn or plarn. “As a mom and wife ...