How To Crochet Mats With Plastic Bags

First put the spiral pin side down on an iron safe surface.

How to crochet mats with plastic bags.

The thicker the strips the thicker your mat. From here you cut these into strips. Place them horizontally with the handles on one side and the bottom seam on the opposite side. When 4 10cm is left on the old plastic pick up the new strand and continue crocheting over the old strand.

Lay a plastic grocery bag flat on a table. Then lay your sheets of plastic bag s over the back of the spiral. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. Cut off the handles and the bottom seam so that you re left with a rectangle.

So far they have spent at least 100 hours on the project producing 18 mats that have been handed out to the homeless and there are many more to come. The plastic bags will melt to the iron. Then lay the wax paper on top of the plastic sheet. This secures the ends without knots and having to tuck ends in later.

Crochet over a 4 10 cm end of the new plastic. Fold the bag lengthwise in half. Firstly you need to flatten each bag by pulling from each corner. Place four to five bags on top of each other at a time.

Cut off the handles and the bottom of the bag with scissors. Plarn is the yarn also called plastic yarn that you will use to knit or crochet the plastic mat. Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases. We will go through the steps below to make plarn and then the knitting and crocheting will begin.

Now take your strips and roll them together into a ball of plarn or plastic yarn. Start by folding your plastic bag in half vertically. Reduce the width if it works up as a lumpy area. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece.

Plarn is constructed from the plastic bags and will be used just as one would use yarn in knitting or crocheting.