Crochet Mats From Plastic Milk Bags

These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to.

Crochet mats from plastic milk bags.

Make sure that the milk bags are clean before you use them. I made several of these mats for a non profit organization called suitcases for africa. With knitting twist the strand around the one. Crochet hook between 9 11 mm if you are being provided with prepared milk bag yarn you can skip preparing milk bags and making yarn steps.

This is a video of how to make a crochet mat with plastic milk bags. Crochet over a 4 10 cm end of the new plastic. When 4 10cm is left on the old plastic pick up the new strand and continue crocheting over the old strand. Try crocheting plastic bags into sleeping mats for those sleeping rough.

Plastic bags are one of the worst offenders of the wasteful products that are polluting the earth s oceans and occupying the limited space of landfills. Plastic milk bags lots of them or prepared milk bag yarn. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip. They bring these mats to africa and.

Reduce the width if it works up as a lumpy area. Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together.