Making Cat Mats From Plastic Bags

One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags.

Making cat mats from plastic bags.

All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat. Each 6 foot by 2 foot mat is made from 600 to 700 recycled plastic grocery bags. Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. This is another way to do it that can.

How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic. Homeless or refugees camping mats. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test the gauge which will determine the number of plarn stitches.

Each mat takes about 50 hours to make. The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat. Mary ann derryberry shows how she and a group of volunteers make sleeping mats out of plastic bags. Basic knit sleep mat recipe.

I showed you a while ago how to upcycle plastic grocery bags into a usable knitting crocheting material known as plarn. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. Stop with the whining about using new bags already. The mats are lightweight waterproof and help keep plastic bags out of oceans and landfills.

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. The may 2016 auxiliary magazine featured a follow up to its cucumel s compassionate carpets article it published a few months. Like sleeping mats and blankets.

Cast on 72 stitches. Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide.

Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.