How To Make A Mat From Plastic Bags

It also makes a great addition to any camping trip.

How to make a mat from plastic bags. These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test the gauge which will determine the number of plarn stitches. Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless.

Cast on 72 stitches. Basic knit sleep mat recipe. While the blue or yellow bags can be mostly sorted together the white bags tend to have accent colors that can come out in the finished rug. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.

John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. To make creating the colored rings in the rug easier i took my bags of bags and sorted the various bags into separate colors. So far they have spent at least 100 hours on the project producing 18 mats that have been handed out to the homeless and there are many more to come. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose.

One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags. Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. How to make plarn.

If you don t want your rug to follow a pattern you can skip sorting. Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. 500 700 plastic shopping bags for a person sized mat but can vary depending on what you re using the mat for 10mm or larger crochet hook. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors.

Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch.