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DISTRIBUTION IN FLEURHOF - JULY 9
Courtney Green, an associate of Athele's, was involved with a food distribution in Fleurhof, West Rand on July 9. She shared these photos on comments on Facebook.
This distribution did take place in June, but these are new photos.
These pictures
Read more…Sending squares during the pandemic
Hi everyone. Im new to KAS and knitting. Please can you tell me whether I should wash my squares before sending? Many thanks! Laura
Read more…KAS SNIPPETS - JUNE 2020
NEWS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
The mail situation in South Africa is still very unpredictable. While the UK postal system is accepting parcels to South Africa, the South African postal system is not accepting items from the UK. We ask that you continue t
Read more…JUNE DISTRIBUTION
Knit a Square, with the help of others has been able to get blankets, toys, beanies and hand-warmers to children this month.
Here are photos from resent distributions that Athele has been able to get to us.
Please note, it takes special permits and p
Read more…Shipping from USA
I tried to mail a box from the US POST OFFICE today and they said South Africa is not accepting shipments from the USA. Has anyone else had this experience? He said to ship fedex but I think I read somewhere KAS doesn’t accept shipments from fedex. A
Read more…MAY 2020 THEME -VROOM VROOM
Pattern of the month comes from the
KAS Patternbook.
https://st5.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3028683757?profile=original
COVID-19 LOCKDOWN OUTREACH
Amy and I have heard from Ronda about the ongoing struggle that vulnerable South Africans are facing.
The South African 24-hour-a-day lockdown means that you can only go to the local grocery stores, doctor, hospital, pharmacy or bank when absolutely
Read more…April 2020 Theme - A Night At the Circus
Step right up for the Greatest Show on Earth....
The KAS Circus!!
What is your favourite memory of the circus?
The animals?
The clowns?
The trapeze artists?
The popcorn and/or candy/fairy floss?
The smells? The atmosphere?
The big tent?
Here is y
Read more…Introducing myself
Good Morning from Massachusetts, USA. I'm new to KAS but also fairly new to crocheting. I am making squares using the stitch my mother taught me 50 years ago, I'm not even sure if it's a single or double crochet. Making squares has been a God send d
Read more…FREE STATE PROJECT 2019-2020
In July, Alice Latha reached out to Knit a Square to provide warmth to the children in Free State. We had a marvelous distribution there in the Monontsha Village with songs and a hike up the hill.
Read all about it Here.
Then we had a Celebratio
Read more…FUNNY AND FANTASTIC 2019
Welcome, K-A-S friends.
This is where we share the weird and the wonderful, the FUNNY and the FANTASTIC. Stories, pics, quotes...anything, really.......
FORGET ME NOT ~ KAS Sisters Forever
1939 - 2020
Through her POETRY
Through her concern for her KAS FRIENDS
Through her SENSE OF FUN
Through her FUNDRAISING EFFORTS
Through her CRAFTING
Still here!
Hello dear KAS friends!
I would just like to let you know,that even if I have not been knitting for KAS for quite a while now,I am still here!I read a lot on the forum and love to look at all those lovely pictures!
Things are changing a lot at the mo
Read more…Covid19 and sending parcels
Are you accepting parcels again? I’ve almost completed 35 squares and a couple of soft toys.
Pam
Read more…THAT WARM FUZZY FEELING 2019
Opening days at the Knit-a-Square barn in Johannesburg happen on a Tuesday and are always rewarding. With mail arriving continuously from overseas, and quantities of squares and toys brought in by local knitters, we volunteers get to experience somet
Read more…LET'S TALK SHOP 2020
LET’S TALK SHOP 2020
Knit-a-square relies on contributions of squares, hats, handwarmers and toys… and financial donations. Yes, financial donations! Without them, it would be impossible to organize, sort and deliver the massive influx of love tha
Read more…What's a KASism?????
We have been around for a little more than a year now. During that time, we have developed a ’lingo’ - we have a tendency to say things that a lot of people in the general population don’t understand. Words have entered our vocabulary that are pecul
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