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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<><><> THE KAS SHOP <><><>
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
Read more…I wasn't sure where to post this, but I wanted to show you all a report that was featured in my mum's local WI magazine.
They didn't get the details completely correct (KasKare for one), but as you can read, mum has been spreading the word among her
Read more… At last we managed to get the boxes of stationery delivered in Cape Town to Little Libraries run by Camille. You can see from her letter at the bottom how THRILLED she was with all the stuff and enthusiastic to get delivering. She has a FB pa
Read Ronda's report all about the latest KAS distribution
Full Report here
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MAY PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
by Louise Tidman & Jude Sullivan
Louise Tidman lives in a village called Purton which is in the Wiltshire area of the UK. close to Swindon.
She is a very busy and valuable member of KAS. Louise runs along with her righ
Read more…SQUARE HEART AWARD
MAY 2016
goes to:
Roz Goodwin
Thank you Anneke for the square heart.
Roz is from Yorkshire in the UK and she joined us in July 2011. Roz is famous for selling off
Read more…This is a well run community centre as it turned out... combining help for pre- schoolers, local children and local gogo groups. Our directions were somewhat "iffy " and we spent an hour going backwards and forwards along the r
Read more…HOSTED BY: Christine Johnson
This month is about COUNTING
(and about every kind of square you can imagine)
A Child can count FIVE fingers or TEN fingers
WHAT CAN YOU COUNT IN A KAS BLANKET?
Count ALL the squares (a
Read more…KELETSO'S DAYCARE- BUSHKOPPIES
Keletso's Daycare is in a different part of the Bushkoppies Informal Settlement from Happy Feets, which we visited a few weeks earlier.
Kelstso, herself,came to direct us in having left the children in the c
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