Crochet Homeless Mats Fail

Aug 27 2015 try crocheting plastic bags into sleeping mats for those sleeping rough.

Crochet homeless mats fail. How to crochet a mat. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip. Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily. The first and third tuesdays each month at st.

It takes about 80 hours to make one mat said caren umans who helped found the group which meets from 10 11 30 a m. You ll need a crochet hook size 10 or above. Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags.

You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat. How these women crochet sleeping mats for homeless people out of plastic bags why we wrote this usually plastic bags are solely utilitarian and more and more they re maligned. The murfreesboro mat makers transform hundreds maybe even thousands of the bags into sleeping pads for the homeless. Charities accepting plastic mats the movement crew is a volunteer run initiative that distributes necessities to less fortunate people and have drop off stations in melbourne sydney brisbane wollongong sunshine coast and perth.

These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to. The process is long and tedious. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag.

In this video i demonstrate how to make a sleeping mat with recyclable grocery bags.