Try crocheting plastic bags into sleeping mats for those sleeping rough.
Crochet mats from plastic milk bags.
These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to.
I made several of these mats for a non profit organization called suitcases for africa.
Plastic milk bags lots of them or prepared milk bag yarn.
Preparing the milk bags.
Crochet hook between 9 11 mm if you are being provided with prepared milk bag yarn you can skip preparing milk bags and making yarn steps.
Diy crochet plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless.
This is a video of how to make a crochet mat with plastic milk bags.
Make sure that the milk bags are clean before you use them.
When 4 10cm is left on the old plastic pick up the new strand and continue crocheting over the old strand.
Crochet over a 4 10 cm end of the new plastic.
This secures the ends without knots and having to tuck ends in later.
With knitting twist the strand around the one.
Reduce the width if it works up as a lumpy area.
They bring these mats to africa and.