Hosted By Heather Mensah
Welcome to the August theme!
"Bring Me Sunshine!"
I live in the UK, which is NOT renowned for its sunshine. As I prepare this discussion towards the end of July, however, it's been the hottest week of the year, with the temp
With MANY THANKS to Roz Goodwin, who designed an easy, marvellous, inspirational and lovely Teddy Bear pattern for the children in South Africa, who have very few toys to play with. It is the “Pattern of the Month” at Knit-a-Square.
I enjoyed mak
Read more…Square Heart Award
August 2016
Thank you Anneke for the Square Heart.
Goes to:
Margaret Stannard
& friends!
from Suffolk UK
I hear you all saying how come ? Who is she? That is just why she is the recipient of this award. Margaret is one of ou
Read more…We have, this year, enlisted the help of Gracepoint Methodist Church to distribute blankets on our behalf. They help distribute at least 400 blankets this year - this has been a great help to me personally, as Wendy is not in a position to help at th
Read more…This lovely story about a KAScuddlebug will make you smile and have you rushing to make and send cuddly toys for the children to love! Read it here in Ronda's report of a distribution to
After visiting Salvation Daycare, Ellen qu
Read more….... from Ntirisano we found our way around the houses to Little Toddlers
with the help of the delightful young "Cleopatra" !
A beautifully run daycare centre, though by now the cool early morning air
had become BAKING HOT and the children were in a
Read more…DURING THIS MONTH'S THEME WE WILL HAVE AN ENDLESS CHOICE OF COMBINATIONS OF
C O L O U R S
Mother Nature gave us COLOURS! Being a colour addict, I am pleased to host this month’s’ theme and share this exciting challenge with you. The aim is to make
Read more…WARNING : SOME OF THE CONDITIONS IN THIS REPORT MIGHT BE UPSETTING, BUT SOMETIMES IT IS IMPORTANT FOR KAS SUPPORTERS TO SEE THE TRUTH OF SOME SITUATIONS.
Thembalihle is near Lenasia, the formerly "Indians-only" community from apartheid days. In th
Read more…THE SQUARE HEART AWARD
JULY 2016
Thank you RJSK for the square heart.
GOES TO
RIVER JOHN SQUARE KNITTERS
and
Stellar Knitters
from
Nova Scotia !
RJSK
In 2014 our Gloria Grandy put up a notice in her local library and keen knitters ( and crochete
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KAS SNIPPETS JULY 2016
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First, we have the South African Nature Series Set One
Second, South African Nature Series Set Two
An
Read more…Having collected Wandi we made our way to Tsepisong and met up with Lorraine and Ellen who were waiting at the appointed intersection as promised, which was most helpful and much appreciated!
It was not far to travel to Salvation Daycare from t
Read more…Sugar and spice and
all things nice
that's what little girls are made of.
This month of June is all for the girls. Pinks, purples, laces, frills, hearts, flowers, let your imagination run wild as you knit or crochet squares, beanies, toys and han
Read more…Noah's crèche in Swaneville is hidden away in a remote corner of nowhere, in fact it is nothing short of a miracle that we actually managed to find it at all, the instructions via Lindi's cellphone were SO nonsensical !!
However, find it we DID,
Read more…Wandi and I loved this distribution ... when I stopped to collect her, I dropped off 13 bags of squares for Naledi gogo group, plus 6 or 7 bags full of blankets and other items for the Methodist Outreach from Pimville who are driving to Natal on 9t
Read more…Today I was chauffeured by my son Andrew to a village called Purton, in Wiltshire, UK. On arrival we were greeted by Louise Tidman and Jude and then we met some of the wonderful team of crafters who support KAS. Louise had organised a great fund rais
Read more…THE SQUARE HEART AWARD
JUNE 2016
goes to
DEBBIE HUTCHINSON
Debbie is from Devon in the UK. She joined us in 2013. Here is Debbie.
Debbie's reason for joining us is right at the heart of KAS, she wanted to do her bit for those less fortunate. We
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Read Ronda's report all about the latest KAS distribution
Full Report here
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JUNE'S PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
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We loved the way this particular morning’s work quite unexpectedly turned into one of our most special distributions !!
As it is Joel who has introduced us to the Eikenhof informal settlement, he conveniently collected Lindi and Wandi from Chiaw
Read more…September 9, 2014:
This summer (August 2014) I offered free knitting and crochet lessons on Friday mornings at the library here in River John, Nova Scotia, Canada. I explained that I knit with a purpose ... my purpose being KAS! I had the good for
Read more…Welcome to this months theme "Over the Rainbow"
Before we look forward to a new month, lets just remind ourselves of the KAS focus for the year....
To bring our themes together this year under 'one umbrella' our focus is.......
Colour Th
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