Make A Plastic Mat From Plastic Bags

Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test the gauge which will determine the number of plarn stitches.

Make a plastic mat from plastic bags.

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors. The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide.

Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic. How to make plarn. 40 large plastic bags create a middle size floor mat.

See more ideas about plastic bag crafts recycled plastic bags plastic bag crochet. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. Stop with the whining about using new bags already. Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases.

Basic knit sleep mat recipe. 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. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose.

To start the rug get the grocery bags which already cut by the way if you live in an apartment and you don t want to be snowed under with bags cut them store them in a simple little box and you can store hundreds and hundreds of bags in a simple box which is good because the box can take 160 to 200 bags. Plastic bag recycling for making pompoms and creating unique floor mats in two colors you can use thick fabric a piece of floor carpeting or mosquito screen material for decorating it with plastic pompoms. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. Aug 27 2020 explore joyce lyles s board plastic mat on pinterest.

Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. Cast on 72 stitches. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors.