Directions For Making Mats From Plastic Bags

Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide.

Directions for making mats from plastic bags.

Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. How to make plarn. Lots of plastic bags. Otherwise it is impossible to flatten the bag properly with the gusset folded in.

Hdc half double crochet in 3rd chain from hook and to end. Start by folding your plastic bag in half vertically. Cut off handles and bottom seam step 3. Tie the bags at each end until the cords are slightly over the desired length of your mat.

Make sure that the bag is right side out. December 6 2018 at 8 44 pm. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher. Just as with a larger plastic bag follow the directions and can easily make the newspaper bags into plarn.

Make sure all bags are uncrumpled turned right side out and flattened. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. Repeat step 4 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases.

Approx 58 plastic bags or 504 yards of plarn size 12 mm crochet hook scissors. More than one bag can be cut a time. Using the bag handles shake the bag to open straighten and remove air. 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.

Chain 2 hdc in next stitch and to end. Repeat until all bags are done. Two people can make quick work of a lot of bags if one person is making sure the bags are uncrumpled flattening and stacking bags and the other is cutting. Select bags that are the colors you want for your mat.

Do this two more times then cut off the top handles and the bottom seam to create a flat open plastic tube. Flatten bags as flat as possible following steps 1 4 below. 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. From here you cut these into strips.

Crochet a 24 61 cm chain plus 2. Now take your strips and roll them together into a ball of plarn or plastic yarn. 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.

Place bag on the table and flatten from the bottom seam out straightening the handle as needed. Most frequently the bags we receive are crumpled 3.