Make plarn sleeping mats for the homeless.
Plarn mats homeless.
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.
A supply of plastic bags knitting or crochet.
The sleeping mats are intended for people who are less fortunate be that the homeless refugees in camps or people in the third world.
Rather than throwing them out you can reuse them by crocheting them into multi purpose mats known as plarn plastic yarn.
Make plarn sleeping mats for the homeless.
5 responses to how to make plarn plastic bag yarn for charity sleep mats lorrita morgan march 26th 2018.
Homeless making plastic yarn plarn plastic bag recycle sleep mat sleep roll.
The news reports always make it sound desperately exotic sleeping mats.
For example the mats thicken the barrier separating the ground from a blanket or a sleeping bag with a person.
In particular plarn can be used as sleeping mats for people without access to shelter.
As sleeping mats they re more hygienic water proof easily transportable and provide protection from the cold concrete.
Out of plastic bags but the truth is that it s totally do able.
Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless.
Plarn is constructed from the plastic bags and will be used just as one would use yarn in knitting or crocheting.
We will go through the steps below to make plarn and then the knitting and crocheting will begin.
My post earlier this year describes how to make plarn mats for the homeless click here to view the post and the video tutorials.
The mats are portable and can be carried with a handle or as a messenger type shoulder bag.
We use a rotary cutter and mat to make plarn.
Flatten out bags tucking in pleats 2 carefully stack 6 bags use clothes pins to keep them.
The advantages the plarn mats provide to a homeless person are critical she said.
By julie finn september 19 2016 5 35 am 1 comment.
Plarn is the yarn also called plastic yarn that you will use to knit or crochet the plastic mat.