How To Make A Sleeping Mat From Plastic Bags

Stop with the whining about using new bags already.

How to make a sleeping mat from plastic bags.

Cast on 72 stitches. Basic knit sleep mat recipe. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic.

Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. 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.

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags. All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat. The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide.

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. Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. Thank you for caring about copyright. You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat.