Bag Mat Ministry

Then she finally saw one in her car.

Bag mat ministry.

It takes about 50 hours using about 500 plastic bags to crochet a soft sleeping mat that can roll up with. Patrick catholic church in momence. Pattern for plastic bag mat. Now they re putting those skills to use to stitch a better future for their community.

Cutting the bags into loops is one less step for the weavers crochetters to do. Should measure 2 3 feet. 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. Using p or 10 mm crochet hook loosely chain 37 or chain 36 and use beginning loop as first chain.

Northbrook il 60062 local. Before a bag can be woven or crocheted into a sleeping mat the bottom seam and the handles must first be cut off. The next workshop is saturday april 11th from 9am to 2pm at grace presbyterian church 518 roselawn blvd lafayette. For two years she listened to her sister joanne hermann talk about the bag mat ministry she and others were doing at st.

Lutheran church charities 3020 milwaukee ave. 97 likes 3 were here. 97 likes 3 were here. Single crochet across 36 sc.

Turn single crochet in 2nd chain from hook. 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. Each sleeping mat is approximately 3 feet by 6 feet contains between 500 and 700 plastic bags and takes approximately 35 hours to make. Chain 1 turn and repeat until bed is approximately 5 feet long.

Join the bag mat ministry and learn to make sleeping mats for the homeless from recycled plastic shopping bags. This step allow them to use their time to make mats. Instead of processing bags.