This month as a challenge we are just going to relax, stay calm, and make Plain Janes!
We have been very creative during the past few months, making amazing decorated squares, so we deserve to just take a rest and get back to basics.
This will be a great opportunity to use up some of the yarn in your stash, take a break from holiday planning, and just make a few stitches when you have a chance.
I would like to point out that this isn't a race or a competition, it's just a celebration of the wonderful Plain Jane Square that is the backbone to all KAS blankets.
Should you have a desire to make decorated squares - please do! There are no rules or regulations - just a goal of making blankets for children, made from beautiful squares arriving in South Africa from all over the world.
Here is a lovely poem by Anne Powell in celebration of the Plain Jane Square!
THE "PLAIN JANE SQUARE"
I’m just a ‘plain Jane’ square
Nothing fancy, nothing grand!
Just a ‘plain Jane’ square,
Made by a loving hand.
You think I’m not important?
Well, think again, my friend!
‘Cause many other ‘plain Janes’
When they’re joined end to end
Will keep an orphan warm at night,
Wrap ‘round them on cold days,
And tell them that they’re loved
In, oh, so many ways!
I have started a flickr page here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58924216@N00/sets/72157631893982783/
Gitta has set up an album here on the KAS Forum:
Away we go!
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8 PJs. Very plain, I'd say! Just usin' up yarn.
A couple of Christmas helpers snuck in the photo - they'll be on the next flight to South Africa!
I've finally got to the loose PJs and learned the Mary Square Yey!
Six Lavender and turquoise PJs
Here are another 4 PJ's, all from recycled or donated yarn.
When I got to church at St. Paul's this morning, I found 124 PJs waiting for me - Thank you ladies!!!!
Purple striped square & tiger
Six in orange and an orange/burgundy variegated. The orange is not quite as 'violent' as it looks in this photo
Pastel Plain Jane
Striped square and an elephant
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