Directions For Making Mats From Plastic Bags

Make sure all bags are uncrumpled turned right side out and flattened.

Directions for making mats from plastic bags.

Now take your strips and roll them together into a ball of plarn or plastic yarn. Otherwise it is impossible to flatten the bag properly with the gusset folded in. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st.

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. 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. Repeat step 4 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. Cut off handles and bottom seam step 3.

Lots of plastic bags. Start by folding your plastic bag in half vertically. How to make plarn. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.

Hdc half double crochet in 3rd chain from hook and to end. Flatten bags as flat as possible following steps 1 4 below. Make sure that the bag is right side out. Do this two more times then cut off the top handles and the bottom seam to create a flat open plastic tube.

Place bag on the table and flatten from the bottom seam out straightening the handle as needed. The thicker the strips the thicker your mat. Repeat until all bags are done. 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.

Using the bag handles shake the bag to open straighten and remove air. More than one bag can be cut a time. Select bags that are the colors you want for your mat. Most frequently the bags we receive are crumpled 3.

Chain 2 hdc in next stitch and to end. From here you cut these into strips. Just as with a larger plastic bag follow the directions and can easily make the newspaper bags into plarn. Approx 58 plastic bags or 504 yards of plarn size 12 mm crochet hook scissors.

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. December 6 2018 at 8 44 pm. Tie the bags at each end until the cords are slightly over the desired length of your mat. 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.

Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. Yes they can be used to make plarn.