Making Plastic Mats For Homeless

Diy crochet plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless.

Making plastic mats for homeless.

Make a chain 36 inches long which is about 66 chains. How to make mats for the homeless by joni staples. Make the loops loose with a little space between each one. Plastic bag sleeping mats.

Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. So get crochet crazy and improve the quality of life for those who need it most. Plarn sleeping mat by rose fine arts. Crochet or knit the rows.

Make a portion and send it to us. Don t want to make a full mat. The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st.

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. Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily. Ladies use single use plastic bags to crochet tight water proof handbags and carry on sleeping mats for the homeless. Part of the process of making the mats involves forming plarn plastic yarn.

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags. You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat. Charities across australia have taken this initiative on board and have enthusiastically agreed to accept donations of plastic mats to be redistributed to the homeless. We ll stitch them together to create a full mat.

March 3 2020 at 2 59 pm the only language everyone understands at once is kindness a religion that would never find any criticism. Crochet the mat into a 6 foot by 3 foot mat. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece.