Plastic Bag Mats Pattern

Basic knit sleep mat recipe.

Plastic bag mats pattern. Cast on 72 stitches. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip. How to make plarn. Start with about 10 plastic bags at a time.

Cut off the handles and the bottom seam so that you re left with a rectangle. 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. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to.

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. How to crochet a plastic sleeping mat step 1. Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide.

This is a great way to involve your local church group knitting or crochet group youth group or scout organization with collecting and sorting the bags. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. A word of forewarning when putting out the call to action for collecting plastic bags be prepared for an avalanche of plastic bags. Gather the plastic bags.

We love the way their use of mostly white bags with just coloured logos printed on some parts mimics the sort of speckled effect that s so popular in regular wool yarn right now. 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.