Plastic Shopping Bag Mats

Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors.

Plastic shopping bag mats.

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. Cast on 72 stitches. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. Nancy mozeleski second from left and volunteers from the village at orchard ridge in winchester va hold sleeping mats they crocheted from disposable.

Basic knit sleep mat recipe. Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily. You simply save your plastic bags after you go shopping. The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag.

Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat. 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. If you want a multi colored rug you must collect bags of different colors.

This article demonstrates how to create the ribbon of plastic. One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags. Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. If you use reusable shopping bags gathering bags might be quite difficult.

The easiest way to do this is to shop at different places. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags. Old plastic shopping bags get new life. Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases.

It takes about 500 bags to make a two and a half feet by six foot mat. The mats are made of plarn or plastic yarn crafted out of bags that are sliced into pieces and looped into a long chain. Sometimes a store will change the color of their bags but this is rare. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.

How to prepare plastic bags for knitting or crochet.