Plastic Shopping Bag Mats

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags.

Plastic shopping bag mats.

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. You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch.

It takes about 500 bags to make a two and a half feet by six foot mat. Sometimes a store will change the color of their bags but this is rare. If you use reusable shopping bags gathering bags might be quite difficult. Old plastic shopping bags get new life.

Cut off the handles and the bottom seam so that you re left with a rectangle. How to prepare plastic bags for knitting or crochet. The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose.

Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. You simply save your plastic bags after you go shopping. Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. Basic knit sleep mat recipe.

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. The mats are made of plarn or plastic yarn crafted out of bags that are sliced into pieces and looped into a long chain. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. The easiest way to do this is to shop at different places.

If you have decided to knit or crochet a bag from plastic bags you ll need to know how to prepare the plastic bag first. Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily. One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags. Cast on 72 stitches.

This article demonstrates how to create the ribbon of plastic.