Crochet Plastic Bag Mats

These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to.

Crochet plastic bag mats.

Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. This article demonstrates how to create the ribbon of plastic needed for creating the plastic yarn that you can use for knitting or crocheting your new bag. I cut 2 inch strips and tie them together leaving about a 2 3 inch tail.

Basic crochet sleep mat recipe recommended supplies. You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat. Crochet a 24 61 cm chain plus 2. Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together.

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. May 14 2019 explore kristine thayer s board crochet plastic bags mats on pinterest. The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag. See more ideas about plastic bag crafts plastic bag crochet recycled plastic bags.

I m crocheting a door mat out of plastic bags. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags. Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily. If you have decided to knit or crochet a bag from plastic bags you ll need to know how to prepare the plastic bag first.

I use a j hook and chain the width then double crochet in each chain chain three and turn. Hdc half double crochet in 3rd chain from hook and to end. Approx 58 plastic bags or 504 yards of plarn size 12 mm crochet hook scissors. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip.

Cut off the handles and the bottom seam so that you re left with a rectangle. Not only are they free to make each mat will keep 500 700 plastic bags out of the landfill. Chain 2 hdc in next stitch and to end.