How To Make Mat Using Plastic Bags

Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects.

How to make mat using plastic bags.

40 large plastic bags create a middle size floor mat. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. 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.

John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch.

These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to. One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags. Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose.

Cast on 72 stitches. So i first started using them to make plastic fabric as seen in this instructable plastic bag fabric i then remembered that people used to make rugs by braiding strips of fabric and then spiraling the braid outward but i couldn t find an example of using plastic bags to make a rug. Basic knit sleep mat recipe. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide.

You can use thick fabric a piece of floor carpeting or mosquito screen material for decorating it with plastic pompoms. 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. 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.

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. Plastic bag recycling for making pompoms and creating unique floor mats in two colors.