Directions For Making Mats From Plastic Bags

Place bag on the table and flatten from the bottom seam out straightening the handle as needed.

Directions for making mats from plastic bags.

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher. Lots of plastic bags. If you have decided to knit or crochet a bag from plastic bags you ll need to know how to prepare the plastic bag first. The thicker the strips the thicker your mat.

Now take your strips and roll them together into a ball of plarn or plastic yarn. 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. Flatten bags as flat as possible following steps 1 4 below. Start by folding your plastic bag in half vertically.

Tie the bags at each end until the cords are slightly over the desired length of your mat. Approx 58 plastic bags or 504 yards of plarn size 12 mm crochet hook scissors. More than one bag can be cut a time. How to make plarn.

Make sure that the bag is right side out. Crochet a 24 61 cm chain plus 2. Hdc half double crochet in 3rd chain from hook and to end. Using the bag handles shake the bag to open straighten and remove air.

Make sure all bags are uncrumpled turned right side out and flattened. From here you cut these into strips. Select bags that are the colors you want for your mat. This article demonstrates how to create the ribbon of plastic needed for creating the plastic yarn that you can use for knitting or crocheting your new bag.

Cut off handles and bottom seam step 3. Do this two more times then cut off the top handles and the bottom seam to create a flat open plastic tube. Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. December 6 2018 at 8 44 pm.

John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. Otherwise it is impossible to flatten the bag properly with the gusset folded in.

Chain 2 hdc in next stitch and to end. Just as with a larger plastic bag follow the directions and can easily make the newspaper bags into plarn. Most frequently the bags we receive are crumpled 3. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide.

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. Repeat step 4 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge.