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If you're drowning in plastic bags, you can finally recycle them into something useful! This tutorial will show you how to turn plastic shopping bags ...
To sucessfully make this leash you will need tin foil, an iron, a C-clamp, scissors, a flexible measuring tape, a lighter, some small rubber bands, tw...
To make the strips to braid the leash, you will need to cut the plastic bags into strips. Cut the bags into approximately three inch wide, length wise...
You will need to make a tin foil sleeve to protect the bags from melting onto the iron while you are fusing them. Break off a piece of foil from the r...
To prepare the strips for fusing, lay them on the tin foil and overlap them by about half an inch. I pointed out where the strips have been placed tog...
This part needs a soft touch and is a delicate step. Gently and lightly run the iron back and forth ONE TIME, in the general area of where the seam is...
This is what the fused plastic strips will look like. Don't get too upset if the bags don't match up perfectly.
You now have one long strip. To determine how long your braiding strips need to be, break your project into inches and multiply by four. I am making a...
Thread the strips through the loop of the snap into two even lengths. Use the C-clamp to secure the snap to a table. Doing this makes the work stable ...
A and B are the first strip, while C and D are the second strip. Now take A and cross over B. D lies to the left of B while C lies to the right of C. ...
Now cross D behind B and cross over A.
Now take C and cross behind B and over D. To continue making your leash, cross B behind D and over C. Remember that the new strand that you will use ...
Now that you have started the braid, you need to wrap up your strands to keep them from getting tangled and slowing down the braiding process. Startin...
Remove the little bundle from your hand and loosley secure it with a small rubber band.
Continue braiding until the length of the braid reaches 53 inches. You can measure it with the flexible measuring tape. When you have reached the requ...
From the END of the braid, measure five inches and fold the cord over. Take a hemostat clamp and insert it underand through one of the strands of the ...
Unclamp the hemostat the is securing the end of the braid. Go the the next free strand that is close to the strand that you just pulled the last cord ...
Now that you have finished your back braiding, trim the ends of the strands very close the the cord.
Now to fuse the ends of the back braid to the dog leash. This step will keep the strands from coming unravelled. Two of the trimmed strands will be on...
You now have made something useful for your pet that is ecofriendly.
This section of the tutorial is for a sturdier way to attach the snap to the leash via the back braiding technique. Since you will be starting the bra...
You will cross A over B, with D lying to the left of B and C lying to the right of C.
Cross C behind B and over D. You next move to continue braiding will be to cross B under A and over C. Remember that the braid that will always be ne...
Now wrap a rubber band around the end of the top the braid, run the cord through the loop of the snap and start the backbraiding process described in ...
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