Rather than throwing them out you can reuse them by crocheting them into multi purpose mats known as plarn plastic yarn.
Plarn sleeping mats for homeless.
Every volunteer in the plarn club deserves a round of applause for participating in a project that is saving the environment and people who are stuck sleeping outdoors on the frozen ground this winter.
Once the mats are completed they are given to the jeffco action center who distributes them to homeless individuals.
Crochet plarn sleeping bag design.
Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily.
Since plastic bags have now been banned in my home city of austin tx to be honest i d completely abandoned plarn crafts.
For example the mats thicken the barrier separating the ground from a blanket or a sleeping bag with a person.
Every now and then i see the same news articles coming around again.
You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat.
The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag.
More recently however a childhood friend told me about how her mom s church group was using plarn to crochet sleep mats for the homeless.
The advantages the plarn mats provide to a homeless person are critical she said.
Most seemed more novelty than not anyway.
Dawn has found her mats to be in high demand.
Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags.
How to make plarn for crochet sleeping mats for homeless and crochet flowers december 13 2018 by rose fine crafts whether you are a humanist an avid camper an environmentalist counter culturalist or creative soul.
Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.
The sleeping mats are intended for people who are less fortunate be that the homeless refugees in camps or people in the third world.
Some group is making plarn sleeping mats for the homeless.
As sleeping mats they re more hygienic water proof easily transportable and provide protection from the cold concrete.
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.
Making yarn out of plastic is a useful skill to have.