Plastic Mats Made From Plastic Bags

Plarn is the yarn also called plastic yarn that you will use to knit or crochet the plastic mat.

Plastic mats made from plastic bags. Each mat takes about 50 hours to make. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. 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. Cut off the plastic bag handles and the bottom of the bag.

Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. Opting to use green canvas bags for your grocery shopping is an effective option but many people still have excess plastic bags lying about the place. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. To start the rug get the grocery bags which already cut by the way if you live in an apartment and you don t want to be snowed under with bags cut them store them in a simple little box and you can store hundreds and hundreds of bags in a simple box which is good because the box can take 160 to 200 bags.

Loop these rings together so that you will have one long plastic chain. Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. This long plastic strip is called plarn short for plastic yarn. Rather than throwing them out you can reuse them by crocheting them into multi purpose mats known as plarn plastic yarn.

One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags. These colored bags would make a beautiful door mat. Now for a plastic grocery bag that s standard in size and in thickness cut each bag into 4 rings. Plarn is constructed from the plastic bags and will be used just as one would use yarn in knitting or crocheting.

The mats are lightweight waterproof and help keep plastic bags out of oceans and landfills. Cast on 72 stitches. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. 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. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic.

Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. The may 2016 auxiliary magazine featured a follow up to its cucumel s compassionate carpets article it published a few months.