Making Plastic Mats For Homeless

Make a chain 36 inches long which is about 66 chains.

Making plastic mats for homeless.

We ll stitch them together to create a full mat. Dawn has found her mats to be in high demand. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. Make the loops loose with a little space between each one.

Diy crochet plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. Ladies use single use plastic bags to crochet tight water proof handbags and carry on sleeping mats for the homeless. 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. You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat.

Plarn sleeping mat by rose fine arts. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. Don t want to make a full mat. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.

Crochet the mat into a 6 foot by 3 foot mat. It is a single crochet with a size p or q hook. Crochet or knit the rows. These plastic crochet sleeping mats for the homeless are a project by humanitarian and environmentally concerned dawn warmbold from arkansas that has warmed many hearts and bodies already.

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. Plastic bag sleeping mats. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags. Part of the process of making the mats involves forming plarn plastic yarn.

Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily. How to make mats for the homeless by joni staples. So get crochet crazy and improve the quality of life for those who need it most.