Plarn Sleeping Mats For Homeless

Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily.

Plarn sleeping mats for homeless.

For example the mats thicken the barrier separating the ground from a blanket or a sleeping bag with a person. Most seemed more novelty than not anyway. 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. As sleeping mats they re more hygienic water proof easily transportable and provide protection from the cold concrete.

The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag. The sleeping mats are intended for people who are less fortunate be that the homeless refugees in camps or people in the third world. 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. Making yarn out of plastic is a useful skill to have.

The advantages the plarn mats provide to a homeless person are critical she said. In particular plarn can be used as sleeping mats for people without access to shelter. More recently however a childhood friend told me about how her mom s church group was using plarn to crochet sleep mats for the homeless. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.

Since plastic bags have now been banned in my home city of austin tx to be honest i d completely abandoned plarn crafts. Rather than throwing them out you can reuse them by crocheting them into multi purpose mats known as plarn plastic yarn. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags. Once the mats are completed they are given to the jeffco action center who distributes them to homeless individuals.

These plastic crochet sleeping mats for the homeless are a project by humanitarian and environmentally concerned dawn warmbold from arkansas that has warmed many hearts and bodies already. Every now and then i see the same news articles coming around again. Crochet plarn sleeping bag design. Some group is making plarn sleeping 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.