Making Plastic Mats For Homeless

How to make mats for the homeless by joni staples.

Making plastic mats for homeless.

Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. These plastic crochet sleeping mats for the homeless are a project by humanitarian and environmentally concerned dawn warmbold from arkansas that has warmed many hearts and bodies already. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. Make the loops loose with a little space between each one.

Ladies use single use plastic bags to crochet tight water proof handbags and carry on sleeping mats for the homeless. We ll stitch them together to create a full mat. 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. Charities across australia have taken this initiative on board and have enthusiastically agreed to accept donations of plastic mats to be redistributed to the homeless.

Diy crochet plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. Crochet or knit the rows. Make a chain 36 inches long which is about 66 chains. Make a portion and send it to us.

Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. March 3 2020 at 2 59 pm the only language everyone understands at once is kindness a religion that would never find any criticism. Part of the process of making the mats involves forming plarn plastic yarn. Crochet the mat into a 6 foot by 3 foot mat.

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags. So get crochet crazy and improve the quality of life for those who need it most. You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat. Dawn has found her mats to be in high demand.

Plastic bag sleeping mats. It is a single crochet with a size p or q hook. Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily.