Plarn Mats For The Homeless

Some group is making plarn sleeping mats for the homeless.

Plarn mats for the homeless. We use a rotary cutter and mat to make plarn. In particular plarn can be used as sleeping mats for people without access to shelter. Homeless making plastic yarn plarn plastic bag recycle sleep mat sleep roll. Donella parker first presbyterian church 1311 mccaulley st.

The advantages the plarn mats provide to a homeless person are critical she said. Plarn is the yarn also called plastic yarn that you will use to knit or crochet the plastic mat. A friend at my church works with homeless people and says she could give 30 of this mats away every single day. Flatten out bags tucking in pleats 2 carefully stack 6 bags use clothes pins to keep them.

Plarn is constructed from the plastic bags and will be used just as one would use yarn in knitting or crocheting. Making yarn out of plastic is a useful skill to have. For example the mats thicken the barrier separating the ground from a blanket or a sleeping bag with a person. We will go through the steps below to make plarn and then the knitting and crocheting will begin.

Once the mats are completed they are given to the jeffco action center who distributes them to homeless individuals. 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. I saw a newspaper article on the plarn sleeping mats and thought what a wonderful idea. 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.

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. 5 responses to how to make plarn plastic bag yarn for charity sleep mats lorrita morgan march 26th 2018. Rather than throwing them out you can reuse them by crocheting them into multi purpose mats known as plarn plastic yarn. As sleeping mats they re more hygienic water proof easily transportable and provide protection from the cold concrete.