Bag Mat Ministry

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.

Bag mat ministry. Should measure 2 3 feet. Using p or 10 mm crochet hook loosely chain 37 or chain 36 and use beginning loop as first chain. Each sleeping mat is approximately 3 feet by 6 feet contains between 500 and 700 plastic bags and takes approximately 35 hours to make. Join the bag mat ministry and learn to make sleeping mats for the homeless from recycled plastic shopping bags.

97 likes 3 were here. The next workshop is saturday april 11th from 9am to 2pm at grace presbyterian church 518 roselawn blvd lafayette. Patrick catholic church in momence. 97 likes 3 were here.

This step allow them to use their time to make mats. Before a bag can be woven or crocheted into a sleeping mat the bottom seam and the handles must first be cut off. Single crochet across 36 sc. Pattern for plastic bag mat.

Please contact liz robinson at 513 939 3366 for more information. It takes about 50 hours using about 500 plastic bags to crochet a soft sleeping mat that can roll up with. Instead of processing bags. Cutting the bags into loops is one less step for the weavers crochetters to do.

Northbrook il 60062 local. More than 500 mats have been made and distributed over the past 4 years. Now they re putting those skills to use to stitch a better future for their community. Turn single crochet in 2nd chain from hook.

Lutheran church charities 3020 milwaukee ave. For two years she listened to her sister joanne hermann talk about the bag mat ministry she and others were doing at st. It takes between 500 600 bags to make one mat.