How To Make A Plarn Rug

In this tutorial you ll learn how to prepare the bag and two ways to cut it up into strips the spiral and the slit skirt method that s the same one you use to make t shirt yarn.

How to make a plarn rug.

Plarn sleeping mat one of the best things to do with this material is to make plarn mats for the homeless. Making plarn or plastic yarn from old plastic shopping bags is an easy process that can be done in a multitude of ways. Stop with the whining about using new bags already. All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat.

Crochet yourself a round plarn rug. If you don t want your rug to follow a pattern you can skip sorting. Jennifer williams of moonlit circus explains how to make plarn plastic yarn from used grocery bags and shows some of the totes and bags she s created by. While the blue or yellow bags can be mostly sorted together the white bags tend to have accent colors that can come out in the finished rug.

No it s not slippery at all. You then crochet with it. If you are not familiar with the term plarn it s plastic bags cut into strips to create yarn. I decided to take on a massive undertaking to make a kitchen rug after seeing the prices of store bought rugs for the size i needed 13 feet long by 3 1 2 feet wide and before you ask.

How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic. You can just rinse them off and hang to dry. These plastic rugs are really handy for boots and doormats. The ultimate recycled market bag go green while shopping with this awesome handmade plarn bag.

Lay the bag sideways on a flat surface and cut off the bottom of the bread bag leaving a. To make creating the colored rings in the rug easier i took my bags of bags and sorted the various bags into separate colors.