Searching for old VHS tapes
They don’t even have to play and the more damaged and useless they are the better. I am searching for these to refashion into crocheted shopping bags, door mats, and place mats. I intent to rip the tape out of the casing and use as yarn. I have a few I think are bad in our personal library, after that I will be hitting the freecycle lists. If you are interested in repurposing your old tapes into an item such as I mentioned and aren’t so crafty yourself, I would consider making some for you out of your old tapes if you send them to me. Comment if you are interested and I will post the results of my experiment when I get a few items done so you can decide if you want some of your own. If you search on flickr you can see the geniuses that have already made some bags and accessories (I couldn’t find any I could include on this post under creative commons licensing).
The only thing I haven’t figured out what to do with is the casings since I really don’t want those going to the landfills either.
Cool link: VHS Clutch Purse Instructions