Plartn Mats For The Homeless

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.

Plartn mats for the homeless.

Cast on 72 stitches. Basic knit sleep mat recipe. 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.

And now this week my facebook feed has been full of posts about the bag ladies who are crocheting plarn sleeping mats in tennessee. Once the mats are completed they are given to the jeffco action center who distributes them to homeless individuals. They thought it was a great idea and so they introduced the project mats 4 homeless at the upland host lions club in upland california. Repeat step 3 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge.

Rather than throwing them out you can reuse them by crocheting them into multi purpose mats known as plarn plastic yarn. Last year one of our sister sites wrote about a guy who makes them in louisiana. As sleeping mats they re more hygienic water proof easily transportable and provide protection from the cold concrete. Approx 140 plastic bags or 1260 yds of plarn size us 11 8mm scissors.

Making yarn out of plastic is a useful skill to have. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. Two years ago 25 year old chad dominguez and his mother kris georgeson saw someone weaving together these plarn plastic yarn mats while on a trip to seal beach california. The sleeping mats are intended for people who are less fortunate be that the homeless refugees in camps or people in the third world.

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. In particular plarn can be used as sleeping mats for people without access to shelter. Gauge 12 sts x 24 rows 4 10 cm in garter stitch.

The sleeping mats are intended for people who are less fortunate be that the homeless refugees in camps or people in the third world. Back in 2013 we wrote about new life for old bags a chicago group that crochets plarn sleeping mats for the homeless. Plarn is constructed from the plastic bags and will be used just as one would use yarn in knitting or crocheting.