With cost of postage being a regular discussion point wanted to let members know that the Gumnuts continue their strong fundraising efforts to be able to send around 300 squares a month. Yesterday we held a soup kitchen and made over $500. We also b
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URGENT MESSAGE RE: CUSTOMS SLIPS COMPLETION
We are all aware that Knit-a-Square in South Africa operates on a shoestring budget. Monthly donations are used to keep the operation running and help to cover the cost of KasVan gas for the distribut
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A full three months have passed since the last financial update, so here's the latest news! This one will be shorter than last times', because I won't be explaining each graph in as much detail. If you would like the more detailed expla
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We've had some feedback recently that our donors and members would like to know a little bit more about how your donations are handled. To that end, I've put together an 'executive summary' for the last three months - January throu
Read more…Yesterday was a red letter day!
I found out a few days ago that our Heather Mensah (Last month's Square Heart awardee and prolific crocheter/knitter) from England, is visiting family in Canada.
Now Canada is a pretty big place, so what are the chance
Read more…These eyes have seen so much sadness in their short lives.
The blankets will give them comfort as well as warmth.
Reminders when sending parcels to South Africa:
1. Squares
Someone on our KAS Facebook group page has asked if we know the pattern for the Square Cat being held by this lad - they first appeared in Sorted in Africa last year, but I'm not sure they were produced by a Forum member. Any clues would be apprecia
Read more…Could someone tell me if the pattern for the hand warmers is for two strands of yarn or just one. I usually use two strands of double knit for making squares on 6mm needles, but am worried that one strand on 4mm needles won't be warm enough.
Read more…Have just discovered this event on Facebook and was wondering if any of our wonderful knitters and crocheters in Scotland could attend and hand out leaflets about Knit-a-Square? [I have some flyers if anyone needs some.]
Angus knitters are bein
Read more…It is so much easier for Ronda and the team in the new building
There is space to sort all the wonderful items sent by knitters and crocheters from around the world
Read about the move here
We can assist further by following a few guidelines:
Hello,
I am from Canada and have recently joined Knit a Square.
I have a son who is a volunteer in South Africa and also in Zambia and he is part of an organization called Hands at Work. They work with communities in 8 different countries in Africa
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You know the saying, there are only three certainties in life, birth, death and change? Well, there's a change afoot in KAS. A rebirth you could call it and it's ALL good!
The KasClan
Did you know that you're one of more than 12,000 in our KasCla
The Rotary club of Jeffreys Bay and Spirals Studio have started a project where
children are encouraged to collect, sort and deliver “recyclable junk” to a central point and exchange it for tokens.
They can then use the tokens to “shop” in an assoc
67 BLANKETS FOR NELSON MANDELA DAY (SOUTH AFRICA)
lead by Carolyn Steyn
You will recall reading the April 17th Report from South Africa :
Knitting is trending in South Africa! where KAS outlined the challenge presented to Carolyn Steyn by Zelda la
Read more…I just want to pay tribute to the wonderful support Knit-a-Square has enjoyed since August 2010 from the wives of Black & Veitch contractors, mostly from Kansas, USA, who have been out here working on the huge Eskom upgrade project in South Africa.
Read more…Through the years I have accumulated lots of china, nothing of great value, but pretty. In November I decided that a lot of my china (most of it in boxes in my attic after down sizing some years ago), could be 'put to work' to raise funds for KAS pos
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New Year - New (updated) Discussion.
To simplify things (and for me 'simple' is ALWAYS better...lol) we have decided to combine two of your favourite discussions: Yarn-aholics Therapy and Anyone Feel Like A Chat? We thank Jeni (Harrison'
Read more…Recently, there have been several questions and some discussion about the cost of mailing our squares to South Africa, in some of the Groups, particularly the US and the UK.
It often comes as a bit of a shock to newer members, when they send off thos
Read more…Hi Everyone! As we start the new year us Moderators have gotten our cyber brooms out and are now tidying up abit. Part of that is to start a new Furry Friends thread so the old thread can be moved over into the archives. I will start with a photo o
