Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.
How to make plastic mats for homeless.
You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat.
Crochet or knit the rows.
Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless.
Though they may live under a bridge when it rains the ground still gets wet.
The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag.
The mat is made of plastic and is about a 1 2 inch thick.
Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags.
Charities across australia have taken this initiative on board and have enthusiastically agreed to accept donations of plastic mats to be redistributed to the homeless.
By collecting plastic bags and crocheting them in to sleeping mats you can give a homeless veteran a soft place to lay his or her head and help keep plastic bags out of oceans and landfills.
Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st.
Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily.
Diy crochet plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless.
Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together.
It is a single crochet with a size p or q hook.
John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece.
Dawn has found her mats to be in high demand.
These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to.
Make plastic sleeping mats for homeless veterans you can help homeless veterans and benefit the environment at the same time.
The mats are used to keep the homeless off of the wet cold hot hard ground.
These plastic crochet sleeping mats for the homeless are a project by humanitarian and environmentally concerned dawn warmbold from arkansas that has warmed many hearts and bodies already.
So get crochet crazy and improve the quality of life for those who need it most.
Make the loops loose with a little space between each one.
City seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into.
Part of the process of making the mats involves forming plarn plastic yarn.
It also makes a great addition to any camping trip.