From 2017 the group has turned almost 100 plastic grocery bags into mats for the homeless in salt lake city.
Plastic bags into mats for homeless.
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So far they have spent at least 100 hours on the project producing 18 mats that have been handed out to the homeless and there are many more to come.
When i get into a groove i can crochet quite quickly.
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Usually plastic bags are solely utilitarian and more and more.
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After a month of crocheting interspersed with stopping to cut bags into thin strips.
However before patti can even start to crochet the bags have to.
It also makes a great addition to any camping trip.
John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece.
Plastic bags are one of the worst offenders of the wasteful products that are polluting the earth s oceans and occupying the limited space of landfills.
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These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to.
Crocheting is something that could be done easily at home watching tv.
Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together.
Diy crochet plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless.
Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st.
It takes patti 1 200 plastic bags and two days of nonstop crocheting to make one mat.
Try crocheting plastic bags into sleeping mats for those sleeping rough.
For the past two years linda has been working with her friend patti barnett fondly known as the mat lady to help turn these plastic bags into sleeping mats to hand out to the homeless.