Polk Group Makes Mats For Homeless

You need 700 bags to make just one mat.

Polk group makes mats for homeless.

It is not a quick process. You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat. Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily. If you want to donate plastic bags or your time call volunteer polk at 863 534 5580.

Volunteer polk has come up with a new idea to keep the homeless warm this season and theyre asking for your helping hands. They are turning plastic bags into mats for the homeless for extra padding and a moisture barrier. It keeps them dry. Crocheting plastic bag together to make a heavy water proof mat is.

This particular group of about a dozen women has been meeting almost every week for more than a year converting. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Wfla volunteer polk is looking for volunteers and plastic shopping bags to weave into mats for the homeless. It takes about 50 hours.

Wfla from bags to blankets a group called volunteer polk is taking plastic grocery bags that usually can t be recycled and upcycling them into mats for the homeless. But one group in town is collecting the bags to help people who need a better way to sleep. The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag. Volunteer polk has come up with a new idea to keep the homeless warm this season and they re asking for your helping hands.

They will be given to talbot house and other agencies that help the homeless. Volunteer polk said it takes about 700 plastic bags to complete. They re creating sleeping mats for homeless people out of recycled plastic bags. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags.

The mat is made of plastic and is about a 1 2 inch thick. The mighty mat makers has found a use for their crocheting skills. Members of the blue water rug hooking guild are weaving plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for the.