Mats for homeless grocery bags

If you craft, especially if you work with yarn, you have probably heard the term "plarn" before. What is Plarn? It is plastic yarn. Plarn can be used in all sorts of ways, including crochet! Making plarn is also a fun activity for both kids and adults. Since it's made from plastic bags, it's budget-friendly, too. That's why after we explain plarn, we have a tutorial on How to Make Plarn. There's even a video tutorial for you visual learners. After reading this quick guide, you will be a…

Lillie Green is on a mission, and she hopes more people will join her. Green spends her spare time weaving or crocheting sleeping mats for homeless people. “It’s also something to keep me busy, so I don’t sit and look at four walls all day,” she said. “When I am at home, I sit and […]

As cities around the country are banning or placing a tax on plastic bags, some people are turning lemons into lemonade. A growing number of church groups and students are turning single use plasti…

When it comes to giving back, there's so many ways to go about it. I never knew you could give back by recycling until now. Nanaimo Harbour City Seniors in Namaimo, British Columbia, Canada, have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together! These

Plarn mat.

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A Fredericton environmental group is making sleeping mats out of old plastic bags for the city's homeless population.

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The Missions Committee at First Church and many volunteers are collecting plastic bags that might otherwise be thrown away and turning them into "plarn," or plastic yarn, that is then crocheted into sleep mats for the homeless.