Here’s another site that will give you lots of instructions and ideas for recycling simple things.
How about those pull tabs from canned sodas and beers? If you don’t have a supply at home, ask for them from friends or at a local bar. They shouldn’t be hard to come by. Then get busy making something useful and or lovely with these ‘throw aways’.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/994414/fun_recycle_pull_tab_crochet.html?cat=50
Lots of good eye candy here:
http://www.squidoo.com/poptoplady
and here:
http://craftzine.com/03/fasten_pulltab/
Even more helpful ‘how-tos’ at
http://www.escamastudio.com/how_to.html
And, just to see more of what you can do with the pull tabs, check out this belt and other designs here: