How To Make Plastic Milk Bag Mats

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How to make plastic milk bag mats.

How to make a crochet mat with plastic milk bags. The bags are cut into strips tied together and then woven or crocheted. The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat. Two dufferin peel csdb students demonstrate how to weave recycled milk bags into useful sleeping mats for victims of tragedy worldwide.

The mats are made by cleaning the milk bags and cutting them into strips before they are looped and fitted on a frame. They had an overabundance o. Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test the gauge which will determine the number of plarn stitches. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors.

How to weave a milk bag mat part 2 4 steps on to cut the bags into strips. Fold the bag in hal. How to weave a milk bag mat part 1. The milk bags used are the ones that hold the three smaller bags of milk.

Northwest haiti christian mission canada has a mats 4 haiti program that distributes milk bag sleeping mats and totes for people in haiti. For quite some time all across canada a community of volunteers schools churches and businesses have been collecting milk bags. Making milk bag mats. Cut 2 inches off the top of the bag the extra piece that is longer than the actual bag 4.

Fold in half again. I first heard about it when i was talking with some women at a local coffee group.