Crochet Plastic Mats For Haiti

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.

Crochet plastic mats for haiti.

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. It is a good idea to make the beginning chain an extra inch wide that way if your tension is tight and the mat slightly shrinks it will still be big enough. The plastic yarn is stickier than regular yarn so crochet very loosely. See more ideas about plastic bag crafts plastic bag crochet recycled plastic bags.

Donation haiti mat tshirt volunteer. When 4 10cm is left on the old plastic pick up the new strand and continue crocheting over the old strand. By sleeping on these mats as opposed to the ground it can deter the chances of being bitten by parasites. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.

Reduce the width if it works up as a lumpy area. Well we can t say we blame you. It s a totally cool unconventional craft and it s an awesome way to upcycle something that can be harmful to the environment if it s thrown out. With the accompanying strap these crochet mats can easily be carried over a homeless person s shoulder.

The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag. Not only are they free to make each mat will keep 500 700 plastic bags out of the landfill. These crocheted plastic mats would also work great in haiti. The crochet plastic makes for a very lightweight mat.

Crochet over a 4 10 cm end of the new plastic. Start by making a beginning chain until it is the required width of the mat. Cut off the handles and the bottom seam so that you re left with a rectangle. Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together.

This secures the ends without knots and having to tuck ends in later. Check out these 15 awesome plarn and plastic bag crochet patterns tutorials and designs that will get you started and. You can read more about crocheting for haiti here. This entry was posted on monday july 26th 2010 at 1 00 am by alicia kachmar and is filed under news.

Are you completely enamoured with the concept of plastic bag crochet just like we were. You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags. For more information about this project please visit the following link to read the whole.

With knitting twist the strand around the one. The collective effort has already resulted in dozens of completed mats and it s fortunately an ongoing effort. In fact in haiti s warm climate the mats become softer and are easy to clean. These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to.