Making Cat Mats From Plastic Bags

Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors.

Making cat mats from plastic bags.

Mary ann derryberry shows how she and a group of volunteers make sleeping mats out of plastic bags. The may 2016 auxiliary magazine featured a follow up to its cucumel s compassionate carpets article it published a few months. The mats are lightweight waterproof and help keep plastic bags out of oceans and landfills. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide.

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors. Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. Homeless or refugees camping mats. This is another way to do it that can.

Stop with the whining about using new bags already. One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags. How to recycle plastic shopping bags into something useful. Basic knit sleep mat recipe.

How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic. Cast on 72 stitches. Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test the gauge which will determine the number of plarn stitches. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose.

Each 6 foot by 2 foot mat is made from 600 to 700 recycled plastic grocery bags. All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat. 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. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st.

Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat.

Each mat takes about 50 hours to make. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece.