As sleeping mats they re more hygienic water proof easily transportable and provide protection from the cold concrete.
Sleeping mats for homeless.
Many of the homeless have dogs as traveling companions and they need a place to sleep as well.
A smaller version of the mat say 3 3 or small mat that didn t get finished would be perfect.
Plarn is simply yarn made from plastic bags and it s been around for a long time although it keeps being re discovered by the mainstream media apparently.
They re creating sleeping mats for homeless people out of recycled plastic bags.
Back in 2013 we wrote about new life for old bags a chicago group that crochets plarn sleeping mats for the homeless.
The ground can get very hot or cold to sleep on and just having a little bit of separation between the wet ground and the body can mean a lot.
E ach 6 foot by 2 foot mat is made from 600 to 700 recycled plastic grocery bags and takes about 50 hours to make.
This particular group of about a dozen women has been meeting almost every week for more than a year converting.