Crochet Mat Plastic Bags

These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to.

Crochet mat plastic bags.

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. I cut 2 inch strips and tie them together leaving about a 2 3 inch tail. Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together. 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.

Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Cut off the handles and the bottom seam so that you re left with a rectangle. I m crocheting a door mat out of plastic bags. 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.

The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags. I use a j hook and chain the width then double crochet in each chain chain three and turn. 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.