plarn

English

Etymology

Portmanteau of plastic and yarn.

Noun

plarn (uncountable)

1. Plastic yarn made from strips of plastic bags.
   • 2013, Leslie B. Preddy, School Library Makerspaces: Grades 6–12‎^[1], page 50:

     Collect plastic bags and sort and store them by color until needed, then make plarn from the sorted pile.

   • 2018, Jenny Baker, Use It, Wear It‎^[2], page 13:

     The loops are then tied together, forming a long, double string of plarn.