Directions For Making Mats From Plastic Bags

Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.

Directions for making mats from plastic bags.

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher. From here you cut these into strips. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. This article demonstrates how to create the ribbon of plastic needed for creating the plastic yarn that you can use for knitting or crocheting your new bag.

Tie the bags at each end until the cords are slightly over the desired length of your mat. Make sure that the bag is right side out. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. Yes they can be used to make plarn.

Hdc half double crochet in 3rd chain from hook and to end. Do this two more times then cut off the top handles and the bottom seam to create a flat open plastic tube. Chain 2 hdc in next stitch and to end. Using the bag handles shake the bag to open straighten and remove air.

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. Approx 58 plastic bags or 504 yards of plarn size 12 mm crochet hook scissors. Start by folding your plastic bag in half vertically. Make sure all bags are uncrumpled turned right side out and flattened.

December 6 2018 at 8 44 pm. Cut off handles and bottom seam step 3. How to make plarn. Just as with a larger plastic bag follow the directions and can easily make the newspaper bags into plarn.

Lots of plastic bags. Repeat until all bags are done. Two people can make quick work of a lot of bags if one person is making sure the bags are uncrumpled flattening and stacking bags and the other is cutting. 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.

Otherwise it is impossible to flatten the bag properly with the gusset folded in. Select bags that are the colors you want for your mat. Repeat step 4 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. More than one bag can be cut a time.

Most frequently the bags we receive are crumpled 3. Crochet a 24 61 cm chain plus 2. Place bag on the table and flatten from the bottom seam out straightening the handle as needed. The thicker the strips the thicker your mat.

Flatten bags as flat as possible following steps 1 4 below. Now take your strips and roll them together into a ball of plarn or plastic yarn.