In my latest recycling efforts, I’m making a braided rug out of old jeans which are too worn out to donate. It’s the first long-term project I’ve undertaken in a while; usually, long-term craft projects end up set aside and discarded somewhere down the line, but I have hopes for this one (and at least two more pairs of jeans). Fun fact, one pair of jeans can make 21 feet of braid. I don’t know exactly how many jeans are in this rug, but I think it’s greater than two and a half. Right now, it’s is about the size of two sleeping cats, or one moderately sized human butt, feet not included.
I’m probably not ever going to be a full-blown homesteader or even a truly “green” person, but I make an effort where I have the skills.
