How To Make A Plarn Mat

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases.

How to make a plarn mat.

How to make plarn. How to make a bed roll from plarn plastic bag yarn. You will find many crochet patterns for plarn sleeping mats as a result. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors.

Of course you can use recycled plarn to create a wide range of other projects as well. 500 700 plastic shopping bags for a person sized mat but can vary depending on what you re using the mat for 10mm or larger crochet hook. We use a rotary cutter and mat to make plarn. The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat.

Plarn crochets up into tote bags which is the. Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test. Using a quilting ruler or other straight edge that is wider than the bags first trim the bottom seam off the bags then cut strips approximately 1 2 inch 1 cm wide across. How to make a bed roll from plarn plastic bag yarn.

Plarn gained popularity as the best yarn to use to crochet sleeping mats for the homeless. You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat. See article video. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.

One way is to make plarn mats for the homeless so that the freezing cold of the street earth is less penetrating when they attempt to sleep out in the open.