Penn Gwynne wrote:
>
> Dearest sweet true ladies of this list.
>
> Not long ago I asked many of you beautiful fair damsels could you help
> with knitting some penguin suits. You did to the point it took ages to
> get the smile off my face, beautiful to know so many care. Sad about
> the lack of male knits though. One lady who wishes to remain anonymous
> knitted up a "Adelaide Crows" penguin suit which one a competition. It
> was brilliant and made many laugh when worn. I siincerely thank you
> all.
>
> Don't stop knitting but could you give this some thought please?
>
> Each year 6.5 BILLION yep BILLION not million plastic bags are used in
> Australia. Many sadly end up killing wild birds, mammals and animals,
> let alone spoil the very beautiful land of Australia.
>
> Talk has started here in Victoria about imposing a 25 cents per bag
> surcharge, I don't think thats thee answer but something sure has to
> be done rather then leave it to private enterprise.
>
> I was wondering about hand knitted shopping bags that resemble or have
> a bird "mo teeth" on them? owl about Birds Australia or BOCA shopping
> bags?
>
> Come on everyone this really is private enterprise madness at its
> best,
> lets stop and think, then change this plastic bag lunacy.
>
> Do we still have a good sized stockpile of wool?
>
> JAG thinking of a gold and "Aubergine" striped hand knitted shopping
> bag, or one with his Eggy on it?
>
Dear JAG, we hope you have recovered from that fall you had.
Shopping Bags - I agree, we all need strong re-usable cloth bags to put
our shopping in, so we can save whales and turtles from swallowing
platic bags with fatal results.
But I don't think knitting wool is good material for bags however
zealously we knit. But maybe people could make up cotton bags with a
good simple environmental messsage or motif stencilled or screen-printed
on them?
Actually I have one, used most days, issued by Banyule City Council.
Many other councils do the same. Cost me $2.00 and well worth it. The
only time I want a plastic bag is for the stuff i put in insulated bag
or esky. Mainly to line it and collect spillage - it's hell getting
yoghurt off the inside of a bag which won't turn inside out!
If I had to pay 25c for a placcy bag I wouldn't mind a bit.
All the best,
Anthea Fleming
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