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Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:02:56 +0000

[...] Here’s a thought provoking example of a exchange standard along with an short informed essay about the effects it has on the adjacent parts of the system. The example is the trash chute in an apartment building. In my experience, at least in NYC, much of the trash is broken up into units the size of a plastic shopping bag. That happens to fit nicely into many of these chutes, and size standardization flows back up the supply chain nicely. There are household trash bins that take a standard plastic grocery bag for a liner. Living in an inner ring suburb in Boston, as I now do, I was surprised how hard it was to find a source for those trash bins. In seemingly related news my wife recently made some cloth grocery bags, which are identical in topology to the plastic ones. [...]

By: elise

elise — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:27:51 +0000

happy happy Christmas!

I thanked you on my blog, but, idiot that I am, forgot to thank you directly for the beautiful photos! thank you thank you.

best wishes into the New Year.

By: hilde

hilde — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:14:01 +0000

Congratulations on your 700th post!! Merry Christmas to you and your family, now I must go on preparing the house for the invasion of 13 adults and 8 kids…

By: Ravenhill

Ravenhill — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:33:53 +0000

Your shiboroi is wonderful. And I love your bags - I so whole heartedly want to reduce the waste! And I too have recently made gift bags out of a vintage table cloth with both elf and heart patterns! Perfect for Christmas. This will be our first paper-free Christmas!

By: Christine Thresh

Christine Thresh — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:47:21 +0000

I like what I can see of the bags. I would like to see a picture of a whole one. It appears that the carrying strap is all a part of the bag, not a separate strip sewn on. Is that right? I like that idea better than adding straps. I might even make some of these (and save the planet) if I can see the whole thing. Or, do you have a pattern for sale?

By: Beth in Seattle

Beth in Seattle — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:21:51 +0000

I, too, love the Shibori - I have never seen it done with such a small object tied in. The effect is great. I especially like the grid that you have created. I third the tiny hair bands. They are available all over the place and inexpensive. Are you squaring off the bottom corners of your shopping bags (not sure if that is the right terminology) or leaving them at a 90 degree angle? I, too have made a few in the works and can’t decide which way to go. I like the way you did the handles. Thanks for 700 posts of inspiration!

By: Bettsi

Bettsi — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:27:42 +0000

Those bags are wonderful! You forgot the 4th benefit- they look great! I’d love to be seen toting my groceries in those bags!

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:27:11 +0000

Those bags are a wonderful idea! I feel guilty accepting plastic when shopping - I’ll have to try making my own!

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:49:00 +0000

It was fun to see your shibori felting experiment. I’ve been drooling over Nicky Epstein’s book, “Knitting Never Felt Better” that has a lot of shibori techniques for knitted pieces and have been wanting to try to shibori with my hand felted stuff as well.

By: hilde

hilde — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:39:17 +0000

I wished I was at yours at christmastime too, haha, I would love such a fab bag! It’s indeed a very good idea, especially the second and the third reason ;) for using piles of fabric!