Fellow slingsters, ....my sweetie cut a bunch of WalMart bags into circular strips about 1"wide.  These were then slipped through each other to make a continuous chain.  The chain was rolled up into a ball, then used to crochet a big tote bag.   It's white with black flecks, and you dont know what it's made out of unless you inspect in very closely.

She had some material left over, and used it to crochet a nice little sling.  The pocket holds a tennis ball just right.  Doubt it's strong enough to pitch really heavy ammo, but should work alright with lighter items.

See below.  You have to move the sliders to see it:

it didn't take him any time - his sweetie did it ;-)

But it's a very neat way of recycling plastic bags.

So the next step is make your ammo out of them as well :-)

You can even crochet almost as well without the needle, although its success with actual crochet beyond the chain stitch depends on your material.

Nice sling!

Good to see you greenie!

Fantastic stuff Bikewer. I have a bag of those bags, and you are absolutely right - using the method described produces *very* nice heavy cord, ideal for just about everything you need cord for. I feel a 2nd coming (the first one sort of petered out) of the slinging.org plastic-bag-challenge rising up! I'll work one out at least, and post the results.

Does anyone remember what the trick with stretching the plastic out is called? Hmm... For those wanting to try, the twisting stage seems pretty important for the best results.

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Bah! most guys should be embarrassed that they _don't_ have any textile skills to speak of. They can laugh while I'm snug in my knit-rabbit-cloak and they are struggling to stuff enough dry grass down their pants...

Matthias (ready to snare some marmots)

FunSlinger wrote on Mar 13^th, 2007 at 10:02pm:

Finger loop and release knot are necessary parts? Oopss...I just got rid of them.