Plastic Bag Weaving Instructions

Unwanted plastic bags can make fantastic eco mats for the garden and it s a great way to have fun recycling.

Plastic bag weaving instructions.

Lots of plastic bags with as many different colours as possible. A large piece of strong cardboard an old box would work well ruler. How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic. Stop weaving when the purse half is as large as you want and cut off the weaving strip at an edge.

Weave the strips of plastic bag until the piece is as large as you desire. First put the spiral pin side down on an iron safe surface. Weave a rug out of plastic bags for an inexpensive and creative custom look. Once you ve pinned the bags into the proper spiral you re ready to fuse the backing on.

Bags and a big piece of cardboard to shape the rug are the only supplies you ll need. Tuck it in securely so it doesn t unravel. The concentration and meditative state that comes from repetitive but complicated work is a study in mindfulness and there is also the satisfaction that comes from a finished product. Did you know that plastic bags can take up to 1 000 years to decompose.

Follow these simple instructions for plastic bag weaving below. Weaving on a frame loom or the marth steward loom with pegs on only the longest edge. Plastic bag weaving by lily mcguire and tiffany greenoak published 7 july 2020. You should have a large enough sheet so that there is overlap all around.

Stop with the whining about using new bags already. Then lay your sheets of plastic bag s over the back of the spiral. All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat. The backing is simply another plastic bag split open.

Hook the loop of the beginning chain over the first peg on the longest side. Instead of throwing unwanted plastic bags away and potentially harming the environmen. Loop plastic bags together until you have a chain or length of loops approximately 56 bags long. Working with my hands and creating something beautiful is the best kind of therapy.

Follow these simple instructions to make a mini loom and have a go at weaving with recycled plastic bags. Also for a taller or wider basket you could weave the coils around 6 sticks placed around the circumference of the basket s base.