The 2019 was a very interesting year for me and my wife. I was asked if I could help this mission group at a church with their project of making sleeping mats for the homeless and totes that the people could use for shopping or carrying their clothing, supplies like food and health needs.
This is one of the shopping totes
This is a special set that I made for a young Man who likes
John Deere tote and lap blanket
These are Prayer Shawls and Totes ready to go to Missions
So for the year of 2019 I crocheted the following:
141 Shopping Totes
28 Sleeping Mats (32 inches wide-72 inches long )
23 Door and Bath Mats
32 Prayer Shawls
4 Lap Blankets ( for persons at a Home that do not get any one to come and visit them)
It takes about 5 hours to crochet 1 tote with the help of my wife to do the prep work and I do the crochet work.
Takes two days to crochet a sleeping mat that is (32 inches wide – 72 inches long)
This has been a big project to take on. It is very interesting to see what can be made from the plastic bags that you get from the store when you purchase your goods. This is called plarn and is very interesting to work with. There is not very much left from the bag after my wife cuts the loops. This keeps the plastic bags out of the land fill. I’m making something to share with someone sick or in need. It is very interesting what the finished tote looks like after crocheting the same two colors and no two bags are the same because my hands have crocheted them.
Thank goodness for my ASEA and REN U 28 for my hands and eyes after a day of making a tote and a mat.
James Eckburg
