Plastic Shopping Bag Mats

Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.

Plastic shopping bag mats.

Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily. The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag. Old plastic shopping bags get new life. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags.

Sometimes a store will change the color of their bags but this is rare. Basic knit sleep mat recipe. You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat. The easiest way to do this is to shop at different places.

Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. 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. How to prepare plastic bags for knitting or crochet. The mats are made of plarn or plastic yarn crafted out of bags that are sliced into pieces and looped into a long chain.

If you want a multi colored rug you must collect bags of different colors. It takes about 500 bags to make a two and a half feet by six foot mat. Cast on 72 stitches. If you have decided to knit or crochet a bag from plastic bags you ll need to know how to prepare the plastic bag first.

Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. You simply save your plastic bags after you go shopping.

One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags. This article demonstrates how to create the ribbon of plastic. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. Nancy mozeleski second from left and volunteers from the village at orchard ridge in winchester va hold sleeping mats they crocheted from disposable.

Cut off the handles and the bottom seam so that you re left with a rectangle.