Plastic Bags Into Mats For Homeless

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.

Plastic bags into mats for homeless.

Home crafts diy turning plastic bags into sleep mats for homeless turning plastic bags into sleep mats for homeless. Try crocheting plastic bags into sleeping mats for those sleeping rough. Mar 23 2019 explore yrussell1 s board crochet plastic bags into mats for homeless on pinterest. So when i considered making mats for the homeless out of plastic bags and saw that crocheting was the method most widely used to achieve that goal here in america that is where i started.

Crocheting is something that could be done easily at home watching tv. From 2017 the group has turned almost 100 plastic grocery bags into mats for the homeless in salt lake city. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip. These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to.

It s not something that you have to devote a long time to you can do a little bit a few hours couple times a semester explained aleatha leader a regular volunteer for bags to beds. However before patti can even start to crochet the bags have to. Usually plastic bags are solely utilitarian and more and more. After a month of crocheting interspersed with stopping to cut bags into thin strips.

When i get into a groove i can crochet quite quickly. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. For the past two years linda has been working with her friend patti barnett fondly known as the mat lady to help turn these plastic bags into sleeping mats to hand out to the homeless.

Affiliate links may be used in this post. It takes patti 1 200 plastic bags and two days of nonstop crocheting to make one mat. See more ideas about plastic bag crochet recycled plastic bags plastic bag crafts. Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together.

Gathered around a table they re converting plastic bags into water resistant mats for homeless people.