Pattern For Sleeping Mats Made From Plastic Bags

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Pattern for sleeping mats made from plastic bags. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. Try crocheting plastic bags into sleeping mats for those sleeping rough. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. Straighten out each bag by pulling at the end and the handles so that it becomes as nice smooth and flat as the plastic bag in the picture.

Back in 2013 we wrote about new life for old bags a chicago group that crochets plarn sleeping mats for the homeless. These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to. Start with about 10 plastic bags at a time. The crochet plastic makes for a very lightweight mat.

Not only are they free to make each mat will keep 500 700 plastic bags out of the landfill. Plastic bags are one of the worst offenders of the wasteful products that are polluting the earth s oceans and occupying the limited space of landfills. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. Plarn is simply yarn made from plastic bags and it s been around for a long time although it keeps being re discovered by the mainstream media apparently.

Cut off the plastic bag handles and the bottom of the bag. Basic knit sleep mat recipe. Each mat takes about 50 hours to make. Cast on 72 stitches.

The may 2016 auxiliary magazine featured a follow up to its cucumel s compassionate carpets article it published a few months. With the accompanying strap these crochet mats can easily be carried over a homeless person s shoulder. Diy crochet plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. The mats are lightweight waterproof and help keep plastic bags out of oceans and landfills.

Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. 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. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip. How these women crochet sleeping mats for homeless people out of plastic bags why we wrote this usually plastic bags are solely utilitarian and more and more they re maligned. Come on let s make some mats how to crochet a plastic sleeping mat step 1.

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