Plarn Mats For The Homeless

Donella parker first presbyterian church 1311 mccaulley st.

Plarn mats for the homeless.

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. 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. Although lying on plastic doesn t sound so appealing these plarn mats are actually soft comfortable durable water resistant and may help keep bugs at bay.

The only problem she sees is insects but if you rinse either the strips or the plarn in alcohol it solves that problem. Homeless making plastic yarn plarn plastic bag recycle sleep mat sleep roll. We use a rotary cutter and mat to make plarn. Plarn is constructed from the plastic bags and will be used just as one would use yarn in knitting or crocheting.

5 responses to how to make plarn plastic bag yarn for charity sleep mats lorrita morgan march 26th 2018. The advantages the plarn mats provide to a homeless person are critical she said. For example the mats thicken the barrier separating the ground from a blanket or a sleeping bag with a person. I saw a newspaper article on the plarn sleeping mats and thought what a wonderful idea.

A friend at my church works with homeless people and says she could give 30 of this mats away every single day. See how people are helping out the homeless by turning grocery bags into plarn sleeping mats. Making yarn out of plastic is a useful skill to have. Every now and then i see the same news articles coming around again.

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. We will go through the steps below to make plarn and then the knitting and crocheting will begin. Flatten out bags tucking in pleats 2 carefully stack 6 bags use clothes pins to keep them.