Sacramento Crochet Plarn Mats

Of course you can use recycled plarn to create a wide range of other projects as well.

Sacramento crochet plarn mats. Watch the yarn thing podcast with marly bird. How to make plarn. You ll need a crochet hook size 10 or above. Making yarn out of plastic is a useful skill to have.

They re affordable durable and waterproof. How to make plarn for crochet sleeping mats for homeless and crochet flowers december 13 2018 by rose fine crafts whether you are a humanist an avid camper an environmentalist counter culturalist or creative soul. 21 at the jewish educational alliance about a dozen women gathered to first make plarn and then crochet it into sleeping mats for the homeless. Now take your strips and roll them together into a ball of plarn or plastic yarn.

Hdc half double crochet in 3rd chain from hook and to end. They re so lightweight and perfect for anyone who may need it. Leave a reply or comment cancel reply. Approx 58 plastic bags or 504 yards of plarn size 12 mm crochet hook scissors.

Crochet a 24 61 cm chain plus 2. The youth from a sister church then does a mid night run in nyc and hand them out to the homeless along with a bag meal. 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. Although lying on plastic doesn t sound so appealing these plarn mats are actually soft comfortable durable water resistant and may help keep bugs at bay.

If you get a really large crochet hook you will find that it s easier to crochet looser making the mat more cushiony and making it more comfortable to crochet with the plastic. The thicker the strips the thicker your mat. Plarn crochets up into tote bags which is the. These waterproof warm mats can be slung over the shoulder with the addition of a plastic strap.

How to crochet a mat. The church group crocheters crochet 3 x5 mats out of plarn. Chain 2 hdc in next stitch and to end. Plarn is constructed from the plastic bags and will be used just as one would use yarn in knitting or crocheting.

Basic crochet sleep mat recipe recommended supplies. 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. Plarn is the yarn also called plastic yarn that you will use to knit or crochet the plastic mat.

You will find many crochet patterns for plarn sleeping mats as a result. Volunteers turn plastic bags into. After the plarn is made students with crocheting experience weave them into sleeping mats.