Making plarn or plastic yarn from old plastic shopping bags is an easy process that can be done in a multitude of ways.
How to make a plarn rug.
No it s not slippery at all.
Lay the bag sideways on a flat surface and cut off the bottom of the bread bag leaving a.
Crochet yourself a round plarn rug.
If you are not familiar with the term plarn it s plastic bags cut into strips to create yarn.
Over the past year or so i ve been a little obsessed with plarn plastic yarn made from plastic bags and have created a number of purses totes and other bags.
You then crochet with it.
The number of balls of plarn you need to make a rug depends on the size of rug you want.
In this tutorial you ll learn how to prepare the bag and two ways to cut it up into strips the spiral and the slit skirt method that s the same one you use to make t shirt yarn.
I have a free crochet pattern available if you want to make this rug.
The ultimate recycled market bag go green while shopping with this awesome handmade plarn bag.
You can just rinse them off and hang to dry.
Plarn sleeping mat one of the best things to do with this material is to make plarn mats for the homeless.
To make creating the colored rings in the rug easier i took my bags of bags and sorted the various bags into separate colors.
How to make a sleeping mat or rug using plastic.
All bags are used bags i have cut and stored flat.
I decided to take on a massive undertaking to make a kitchen rug after seeing the prices of store bought rugs for the size i needed 13 feet long by 3 1 2 feet wide and before you ask.
These plastic rugs are really handy for boots and doormats.
If you don t want your rug to follow a pattern you can skip sorting.