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Bag mat ministry.
Using p or 10 mm crochet hook loosely chain 37 or chain 36 and use beginning loop as first chain.
In the past covenant community church in fairfield oh has offered a free class to learn how to make these mats out of plastic grocery bags.
It takes about 50 hours using about 500 plastic bags to crochet a soft sleeping mat that can roll up with.
Pattern for plastic bag mat.
Join the bag mat ministry and learn to make sleeping mats for the homeless from recycled plastic shopping bags.
Lutheran church charities 3020 milwaukee ave.
More than 500 mats have been made and distributed over the past 4 years.
Single crochet across 36 sc.
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Before a bag can be woven or crocheted into a sleeping mat the bottom seam and the handles must first be cut off.
Should measure 2 3 feet.
Patrick catholic church in momence.
Chain 1 turn and repeat until bed is approximately 5 feet long.
Please contact liz robinson at 513 939 3366 for more information.
The next workshop is saturday april 11th from 9am to 2pm at grace presbyterian church 518 roselawn blvd lafayette.
Now they re putting those skills to use to stitch a better future for their community.
It takes between 500 600 bags to make one mat.
Instead of processing bags.
This step allow them to use their time to make mats.
By sandy wood from chicago to ghana and in between a ministry carrying christ s love and a cushioned place to sleep is spreading to homeless people through lutheran congregations and beyond.
Each sleeping mat is approximately 3 feet by 6 feet contains between 500 and 700 plastic bags and takes approximately 35 hours to make.
Cutting the bags into loops is one less step for the weavers crochetters to do.
Turn single crochet in 2nd chain from hook.