Making Plastic Mats For Homeless

Dawn has found her mats to be in high demand.

Making plastic mats for homeless.

John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. Part of the process of making the mats involves forming plarn plastic yarn. How to make mats for the homeless by joni staples. Crochet the mat into a 6 foot by 3 foot mat.

March 3 2020 at 2 59 pm the only language everyone understands at once is kindness a religion that would never find any criticism. 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. So get crochet crazy and improve the quality of life for those who need it most.

Ladies use single use plastic bags to crochet tight water proof handbags and carry on sleeping mats for the homeless. Don t want to make a full mat. We ll stitch them together to create a full mat. These plastic crochet sleeping mats for the homeless are a project by humanitarian and environmentally concerned dawn warmbold from arkansas that has warmed many hearts and bodies already.

You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags. Crochet or knit the rows.

Charities across australia have taken this initiative on board and have enthusiastically agreed to accept donations of plastic mats to be redistributed to the homeless. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. Plarn sleeping mat by rose fine arts. Make a chain 36 inches long which is about 66 chains.

Diy crochet plastic bags into sleeping mats for the 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 bag sleeping mats.