Making Mats From Plastic Bags

All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat.

Making mats from plastic bags.

Each 6 foot by 2 foot mat is made from 600 to 700 recycled plastic grocery bags. Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. 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.

How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic. Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. Stop with the whining about using new bags already. Cast on 72 stitches.

Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. Kold news 13 it s something we all have a stash of in our house plastic bags. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose.

Basic knit sleep mat recipe. Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test the gauge which will determine the number of plarn stitches. The mats are lightweight waterproof and help keep plastic bags out of oceans and landfills. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st.

Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. Now one sierra vista couple is using. Each mat takes about 50 hours to make. The may 2016 auxiliary magazine featured a follow up to its cucumel s compassionate carpets article it published a few months.

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. How to make plarn. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece.

Couple crochets plastic bags to make mats for homeless tucson ariz. One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags.