Plarn Sleeping Mats For The Homeless
Making yarn out of plastic is a useful skill to have.
Plarn sleeping mats for the homeless. Dawn has found her mats to be in high demand. Repeat row 3 until the mat measures approximately 6 feet long. Crochet plarn sleeping bag design. 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. 1 how to prep grocery bags to make sleeping mats for homeless duration. These crochet mats are remarkable comfortable and offer just enough to create a barrier between the ground and the body to help retain body heat while sleeping. Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily.
Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Single crochet in the second chain from hook and in each chain across row 3. Ask me monday 93. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags.
Plarn is simply yarn made from plastic bags and it s been around for a long time although it keeps being re discovered by the mainstream media apparently. Once the mats are completed they are given to the jeffco action center who distributes them to homeless individuals. 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. How to make plarn crochet mats for homeless duration.
As sleeping mats they re more hygienic water proof easily transportable and provide protection from the cold concrete. 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. Make a chain long enough that measures 3 foot. In particular plarn can be used as sleeping mats for people without access to shelter.
The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag. Some group is making plarn sleeping mats for the homeless. Rather than throwing them out you can reuse them by crocheting them into multi purpose mats known as plarn plastic yarn. The pattern to make a crochet homeless sleeping mat starting row.
Chain 1 turn make a single crochet in each single crochet stitch across. 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.