>>     Workshop 1: "Parkis Tschanta" Photos of the workshop "to knit plastic bags", October 3, 2009, 2 – 6 p.m.
	Gunda Bachan with Nino Kervalidze, conductor of the workshop
	Nino Kervalidze introduces the participants to the technique of knitting handbags out of plastic bags.
	Presentation of the future knitting material
	The plastic bags have to be cutted in strips, afterwards they will be knotted together and used as knitting material
	Bustling activity during the workshop
	First knitting attempts with the unusual material
	Passing on of long-standing knitting experiences to the younger generation
	The first visible results of a long and funny afternoon
	Gunda Bachan serving tea of the samovar
	Participants having maize in the Georgian way with salt as a small snack
	A handbag, knitted out of plastic bags, fits to everyone
	Towards the end of the workshop many finished bags could be presented
	Photos: Gunda Bachan, Sonja Folsche, A. L.