How to make plarn.
Making mats from plastic bags.
Now one sierra vista couple is using.
The may 2016 auxiliary magazine featured a follow up to its cucumel s compassionate carpets article it published a few months.
Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch.
Each 6 foot by 2 foot mat is made from 600 to 700 recycled plastic grocery bags.
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.
Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors.
Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide.
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.
Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge.
Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.
All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat.
Stop with the whining about using new bags already.
Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test the gauge which will determine the number of plarn stitches.
Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless.
Each mat takes about 50 hours to make.
Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects.
John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece.
The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat.
Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors.
Cast on 72 stitches.
Kold news 13 it s something we all have a stash of in our house plastic bags.
Basic knit sleep mat recipe.
Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st.
Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose.
The mats are lightweight waterproof and help keep plastic bags out of oceans and landfills.
How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic.