This textured, plastic bath mat has hundreds of suction cups that adhere to the bottom of your tub and shower to keep it ...

The way it works is the plastic bags are cut into two inch strips, which are then looped together to make a plastic yarn called ‘plarn.’ The plarn is then woven into a mat using a homemade loom or a ...

A group of P.E.I. women are helping the homeless in a unique but crafty way. Marilyn O'Connor and her bible study group are crocheting mats for those who have to stay outside, not out of yarn, but ...

Before they can be turned into mats, plastic bags must be flattened, as seen on the left, then have their tops and bottoms removed, before being cut into eight pieces, as seen on the right, then ...

It takes more than 1,000 plastic bags to make one mat. Hundreds have been made, but one woman, volunteer Marilynn Jones, has made more than anyone, drawing from skills she learned 70 years ago.

Ray Eskritt holds plastic shopping bags, which she hopes people will crochet into sleeping mats for homeless people at an event on Dec. 3. (Ray Eskritt) ...

Blake Morency, 6, helps cut plastic bags to be made into mats for the homeless by members of the Rotary Club of Windsor 1918, at the Children’s Safety Village, Sunday, February 24, 2019.

A group of Innisfail seniors are turning plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. The group donated 12 plarn mats to Turning Point in Red Deer on Tuesday. The women have been working on the ...

The goal is 80. Each mat takes two days to make and measure around 91 by 213 centimetres.They will be handed out at one of the Christmas dinners for the homeless in Maple Ridge. Details are being ...

WATERLOO — Kathy Kibble is putting her new crochet skills to use by making reusable sleeping mats out of plastic bags. The Waterloo woman collects donated plastic bags to turn into plastic yarn ...