Making Mats From Hplastic Bags

How to make rugs crocheted from grocery bags.

Making mats from hplastic bags.

If you know basic crochet stitches these colorful and. Cutting the bags is just the first step in the process of turning plastic bags into sleeping mats. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors.

You can use thick fabric a piece of floor carpeting or mosquito screen material for decorating it with plastic pompoms. Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. 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.

Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. 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. The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide.

Cast on 72 stitches. Basic knit sleep mat recipe. One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags. Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test the gauge which will determine the number of plarn stitches.

Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose. How to make plarn. Regardless of who uses it it s a great way to recycle. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge.

Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. Hook up your plastic grocery bags into sturdy rugs via an uncomplicated crochet technique. One quarter to one third of the bags that are used to make a mat have to be strung on the loom before the weaver can start weaving. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece.

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. The bag ladies as they call themselves also specialize in making large tote bags out of the plastic. The next thing is that they need to be loop together to string up the looms. Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases.