How To Make A Floor Mat From Plastic Bags

Mary ann derryberry shows how she and a group of volunteers make sleeping mats out of plastic bags.

How to make a floor mat from plastic bags.

To make creating the colored rings in the rug easier i took my bags of bags and sorted the various bags into separate colors. 40 large plastic bags create a middle size floor mat. Basic knit sleep mat recipe. Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test the gauge which will determine the number of plarn stitches.

How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch. Plastic bag recycling for making pompoms and creating unique floor mats in two colors. Instead of becoming landfill plastic bags can be used for fun craft projects.

Stop with the whining about using new bags already. If you don t want your rug to follow a pattern you can skip sorting. All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge.

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors. Parents can teach about recycling in the house and how plastic bags take years to decompose. You can use thick fabric a piece of floor carpeting or mosquito screen material for decorating it with plastic pompoms. 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.

The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors. Cast on 72 stitches. One easy project appropriate for ages six to adult is weaving a doormat from left over bags.