Plastic Shopping Bag Mats

One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags.

Plastic shopping bag mats.

Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. If you want a multi colored rug you must collect bags of different colors. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.

Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects. Sometimes a store will change the color of their bags but this is rare. Basic knit sleep mat recipe. How to prepare plastic bags for knitting or crochet.

This article demonstrates how to create the ribbon of plastic. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. If you have decided to knit or crochet a bag from plastic bags you ll need to know how to prepare the plastic bag first. Cast on 72 stitches.

If you use reusable shopping bags gathering bags might be quite difficult. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose. The easiest way to do this is to shop at different places. Nancy mozeleski second from left and volunteers from the village at orchard ridge in winchester va hold sleeping mats they crocheted from disposable.

You simply save your plastic bags after you go shopping. Old plastic shopping bags get new life. Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily. It takes about 500 bags to make a two and a half feet by six foot mat.

Cut off the handles and the bottom seam so that you re left with a rectangle. You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat. 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. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags.

The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag.