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