Plastic Bag Sleeping Mats

Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide.

Plastic bag sleeping mats.

The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat. I am going to try this. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip. Make a portion and send it to us.

I am amazed by the creativity of people. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch.

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors. These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to. It takes about 500 bags to make a two and a half feet by six foot mat. The mats are made of plarn or plastic yarn crafted out of bags that are sliced into pieces and looped into a long chain.

Taking something that will forever sit in a landfill and repurposing it in such a creative way. We ll stitch them together to create a full mat. One quarter to one third of the bags that are used to make a mat have to be strung on the loom before the weaver can start weaving. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge.

Regardless of who uses it it s a great way to recycle. Cutting the bags is just the first step in the process of turning plastic bags into sleeping mats. 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. Cast on 72 stitches.

In particular plarn can be used as sleeping mats for people. The bag ladies as they call themselves also specialize in making large tote bags out of the plastic. Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test the gauge which will determine the number of plarn stitches. Rather than throwing them out you can reuse them by crocheting them into multi purpose mats known as plarn plastic yarn.

Basic knit sleep mat recipe.