Making Rugs Out Of Plastic Bags

It does not matter if you cut them up and down or across.

Making rugs out of plastic bags.

While the blue or yellow bags can be mostly sorted together the white bags tend to have accent colors that can come out in the finished rug. Cut the plastic grocery bags into 1 inch wide strips. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. A word of forewarning when putting out the call to action for collecting plastic bags be prepared for an avalanche of plastic bags.

If you know basic crochet stitches these colorful and easily cleaned rugs will work up quickly for the. All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat. To start weaving tie one end of the shopping bags to the top corner of the loom don t tie it to the cardboard tie it to the garbage bag or ribbon then weave the rest of the shopping bag over and under the garbage bags or ribbon strips. Attach more shopping bags as you go.

Stop with the whining about using new bags already. Lay out 10 strips side by side vertically in front of you on a work surface to begin to make one half of the purse. 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. Weave each row in an opposite pattern as the previous row.

Gather the plastic bags. To make creating the colored rings in the rug easier i took my bags of bags and sorted the various bags into separate colors. Hook up your plastic grocery bags into sturdy rugs via an uncomplicated crochet technique. How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic.

Making your own custom sized carry bags out of plastic bags adds personal style and functionality while helping save the environment. To start the rug get the grocery bags which already cut by the way if you live in an apartment and you don t want to be snowed under with bags cut them store them in a simple little box and you can store hundreds and hundreds of bags in a simple box which is good because the box can take 160 to 200 bags. This is a great way to involve your local church group knitting or crochet group youth group or scout organization with collecting and sorting the bags.