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