How To Make A Plastic Bag Sleeping Mat

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases.

How to make a plastic bag sleeping mat.

Basic knit sleep mat recipe. You are free to print 7 steps to making sleeping mats from recycled plastic bags for personal use or non commercial use with friends share this post link anywhere quote a short excerpt with attribution and a link to this site but you may not use this post in its entirety on your own page. Thank you for caring about copyright. All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat.

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. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. How to make plarn.

Cast on 72 stitches. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily.

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags. These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to. Stop with the whining about using new bags already. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide.

You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat. How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic.