Knitters have long known about the health benefits of their hobby: reduced depression, anxiety and blood pressure and an increased sense of wellbeing, to name a few. But now, more and more knitters ...

SALINAS, Calif. -- Thursday afternoons, a group of women gather at the Steinbeck Library gather to weave mats for homeless people to sleep on. They weave, not with cotton or wool, but with plastic ...

For their effort to succeed, they need to collect thousands of non-biodegradable, used plastic shopping bags — such as those from many grocery and department stores. On Tuesday night in Poway a couple ...

What’s six feet long and two feet wide, warm in the summer and cool in the winter, and ideal for sleeping outside? Not expensive camping gear, but rather “Plarn” mats, which are cushy, body-size ...

What’s six feet wide by two and a half feet deep, soft as a pillow, waterproof and perfect for sleeping outdoors? Pricy camping equipment fits the description above, but at the Sterling Heights Senior ...

NORTH PORT, Fla. — Eileen Warn has been working with her hands for a long time. For 26 years, she taught sign language. Now, her fingers are hard at work on a new, impactful project. “If you can reuse ...

Americans use 100 billion plastic bags every year. But the seniors at Tower One/Tower East are keeping them out of landfills by turning them into mats for the homeless. “It is one of the projects that ...

It is called -- plarn. Plastic yarn! Since 2018, the women of the Old Town Fenton DAR chapter have been creating sleeping mats out of plarn for those in need. “We decided we really like helping the ...

The ladies create and use "plarn," or plastic yarn, to make the mats. — -- A small group of mostly elderly women in Tennessee have transformed more than 10,000 discarded plastic bags into ...

Sandy Watts never lets anything go to waste. She makes bedroom slippers from old jeans; purses from magazines; placemats from old Christmas cards and bracelets with matching earrings from plastic soda ...