Grocery Bag Sleeping Mat

Do this two more times then cut off the top handles and the bottom seam to create a flat open plastic tube.

Grocery bag sleeping mat.

One of the things we couldn t find information for when we first started weaving plastic bag sleeping mats is that you need to start at both sides of the mat. Plastic bag sleeping mats 500 plastic grocery bags cut into strips made into plarn and crocheted 1 sleeping mat. Collect plastic grocery bags. Anyone still crocheting can bring their mats to church upon completion.

In this video i demonstrate how to prepare recyclable grocery bags to make sleeping mats. Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless connect with us twitter. From here you cut these into strips. Opting to use green canvas bags for your grocery shopping is an effective option but many people still have excess plastic bags lying about the place.

One of the most important jobs. Because what they don t tell you is that you must start from both ends and weave inward but there is a little trick to it because the initial lines are not the same on both sides. Before a bag can be woven or crocheted into a sleeping mat the bottom seam and the handles must first be cut off. The thicker the strips the thicker your mat.

Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless connect with us twitter. Everyone can participate by doing any of these steps. The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat. It takes between 500 600 bags to make one mat.

All you need is a pair of scissors and grocery bags you ve collecte. Now take your strips and roll them together into a ball of plarn or plastic yarn. Find me on facebook. One of the most important parts in the process of making the sleeping mats is preparing the bags to be use.

Thank you all for being such kind human beings. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors. Start by folding your plastic bag in half vertically. Mats will be delivered to body and soul on may 25.

Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test the gauge which will determine the number of plarn stitches necessary for a 3 by 6 mat.