Knitted Plastic Bag Mats

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

Knitted plastic bag mats.

Cut off the handles and the bottom seam so that you re left with a rectangle. These knitting instructions call for your old plastic grocery bags. 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. Straighten out each bag by pulling at the end and the handles so that it becomes as nice smooth and flat as the plastic bag in the picture.

Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. What a fun idea. Cutting the bags is just the first step in the process of turning plastic bags into sleeping mats.

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors. 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. Cut off the plastic bag handles and the bottom of the bag. How to make plarn.

Plastics that biodegrade are available now ask your stores to opt for biodegradable plastic bags and when your plastic bag knitted item is ready to be thrown away dispose of it safely. Ellefagan july 11 2009. Cast on 72 stitches. Basic knit sleep mat recipe.

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test the gauge which will determine the number of plarn stitches. I m making a larger one now to use when we go camping as a patio mat. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge.

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. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide.

Keeps things from sliding around. Come on let s make some mats how to crochet a plastic sleeping mat step 1. There much easier than the ground to kneal down on and if they get beyond cleaning. Start with about 10 plastic bags at a time.

Reduce reuse and recycle by knitting plastic grocery bags into a new grocery bag.