Distribution season is picking up with the cold winter weather. This discussion is being updated weekly.
This discussion has featured all sorts of creations this month...
...squares...
...beanies and hand-warmers.We also celebrated the color PURPLE in many ways!
Estelle has completed this wonderful blanket with contributions from our members to
remember and honour Marion who passed away in 2024.
THE MAY 2025 SQUARES LIST IS AVAILABLE
MONTHLY TOTALS:
During May we recorded 60 parcels, containing 4.039 squares, equal to 115 blankets.
Many other items were received, such as hats, hand-warmers, cuddly toys and other goodies.
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~~~~~~~ A HEARTFELT THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ~~~~~~~~~
Please find below the squares list as an attachment: 2025 MAY SQUARES LIST.PDF and click on it to open it:
Might you have any questions, e.g. re spelling mistakes in your name, for which we apologize, please leave a message.
Please note the increase in fees for March is due to a doubling of postal fees and a quintupling of fees paid to the Gogos. The fee increase was mostly due to catching up with accounting numbers. Postal fees have gone up from $3.50/parcel to $3.75/parcel. No data was available for February.
So many colors, designs, appliques and more.
Visit this discussion to see all the blankets that are flying out of The Blanket Room to be wrapped around a child.
South Africa will be having one of its biggest Celebrations, Mandela Day, on July 18. This day encourages people to dedicate 67 minutes of their time to give back.
67 minutes representing the 67 years that Nelson Mandela devoted to public service.
ARCHIVES
Leanne's Podcast on Mandela Day and the Soweto Gospel Choir July 28, 2020
Leanne Hunt has been a volunteer at Knit-a-square since 2017. She used to maintain a blog on the forum entitled “That Warm Fuzzy Feeling.” Now, as host of the Knit-a-square podcast, she is fulfilling a long-standing dream of broadcasting. Leanne loves connecting with members around the world, listening to their stories and sharing their passion with other like-minded people. Theme music: “Mr. Sunny Face” by Wayne Jones. [Youtube Audio Library] © Creative Commons Licence. Production and editing: Natali Williams, LIME Virtual Business Support.
Our volunteers are sorting and sewing, packing up squares for sewing and packing up blankets for distributions.
They are busy with taking photos as well as making distributions.
Thanks to our volunteers for all the do to warm the as many children as possible.
JULY THEME - CHRISTMAS
& COLOR OF THE MONTH - GREEN
Christmas in July as they say here. This month bring on the Green, Red and Green for our Christmas them month.
In the past this has always been a theme filled with fun ideas and colorful squares.
What might you make this month?
Replies
Mandela Day - 67 minutes on July 18th. I wonder what I could make in 67 minutes????
Oh thank you Amy and well done Arlene.
so happy to see the SNIPPETS today. After a somewhat difficult day, I just dropped in for a moment to read it and now I have a big smile. (and some new ideas - my green yarn just arrived too!)
I love the squares you have chosen for your Snippets Amy...all so colourful.
Thanks for the reminder of Leanne's podcast.
Andrea creates these amazing Masteheads every month and really captures what has been going on in the monthly discussion.