Making Mats From Hplastic Bags

40 large plastic bags create a middle size floor mat.

Making mats from hplastic bags. 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. These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to. 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. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip.

Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose. Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test the gauge which will determine the number of plarn stitches. 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.

Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat. If you know basic crochet stitches these colorful and. The next thing is that they need to be loop together to string up the looms.

How to make rugs crocheted from grocery bags. 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. Basic knit sleep mat recipe.

One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags. Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. Regardless of who uses it it s a great way to recycle. Plastic bag recycling for making pompoms and creating unique floor mats in two colors.

Cutting the bags is just the first step in the process of turning plastic bags into sleeping mats. Cast on 72 stitches. The bag ladies as they call themselves also specialize in making large tote bags out of the plastic. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge.