Plarn Mat Without Knitting

Crochet from front to back so that it does not pucker up.

Plarn mat without knitting.

Basic knit sleep mat recipe. Plarn for the avid camper the homeless mat is of course also a great mat to use ourselves for outdoor trekking or camping. Knitters and crocheters will use their experience to test. Crochet two rows of a single crochet to form a tie that is 80 inches long.

Continue until the mat is 6 feet long. You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat. Besides sleeping mats you could create incredibly useful sitting cushions. Knit the mat using size 19 knitting needles.

Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Repeat step 4 until mat measures 72 183 cm from edge. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags knitting needles size 10 or higher or crochet needles o or p recommended scissors. The goal is a 3 by 6 size plastic yarn mat.

Crochet a 24 61 cm chain plus 2. Chain 2 hdc in next stitch and to end. Hdc half double crochet in 3rd chain from hook and to end. This pattern is available for free.

If you d like to test out your method of making a plarn sleeping mat without worrying about whether or not your result will be good enough to donate i think that a plarn picnic blanket would come in extremely handy as would a plarn bathmat or even a plarn blanket roll to go underneath your sleeping bag when you camp. Connect the tie to the mat so the mat can be rolled up and carried like a sleeping bag. Make plarn using the above episode of ask me monday as a guide. 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.