Plastic Bag Sleeping Mats

I am going to try this.

Plastic bag sleeping mats.

Basic knit sleep mat recipe. One quarter to one third of the bags that are used to make a mat have to be strung on the loom before the weaver can start weaving. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to.

Don t want to make a full mat. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. I read an article where people are making rectangular mats out of plastic bags as well to be used by the homeless for sleep mats during the wet season. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip.

Taking something that will forever sit in a landfill and repurposing it in such a creative way. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Regardless of who uses it it s a great way to recycle. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge.

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors. The mats are made of plarn or plastic yarn crafted out of bags that are sliced into pieces and looped into a long chain. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. Cast on 72 stitches.

It takes about 500 bags to make a two and a half feet by six foot mat. The next thing is that they need to be loop together to string up the looms. We ll stitch them together to create a full mat. In particular plarn can be used as sleeping mats for people.

I am amazed by the creativity of people. Cutting the bags is just the first step in the process of turning plastic bags into sleeping mats. Rather than throwing them out you can reuse them by crocheting them into multi purpose mats known as plarn plastic yarn. The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat.

Make a portion and send it to us.