I was asked to do a Mission Sunday at Kidzone in our church. One of the activities we did to teach the kids about our blanket program was to have them design a blanket.
This segment ended with a reading of Arlene Guerin's wonderful poem found elsewh
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Cute, Cuddly and Caring - September Theme
This month we saw so many thinkgs that landed in this theme and our Color of the Month was popping of the pages.
Visit this Discussion to be inspired and see lots of cute squares and toys.
WHAT'S ON YOUR H
Read more…The Knit-a-square program has inspired volunteers in more than 60 countries to knit and crochet more than 1.5 million blanket squares, hats, hand-warmers and toys. Your efforts are helping to keep the children warm but to keep this operation running
Read more…Do you accept items other than squares?
Absolutely! We also accept beanies/hats, hand-warmers and soft toys. Children of all ages love small, cuddly hand-made or gently loved toys.
What items do you most need?
Squares! Squares are at the heart of e
Read more…Our volunteers have been busy during winter months making as many distributions as possible. The most recent distribution, made by Wandi, was in part to celebrate Mandela Day.
See all the photos in this discussion here.
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It's the start of another month and what will be on our needles and hooks this month?
or maybe something bright and beautiful?
Colour of the month (CoM)
is
GREY
(Fifty Shades of Grey....haha)
If this palette is not inspiring you, perh
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Every year, an annual subscription fee is paid to Weebly, the company that hosts our KAS Shop. This also includes a domain name fee so that we can own knit-a-square-southafrica.com. The total amount is $334.90 US.
Due to the shuffle with, and updat
Read more…What's on your hooks and needles in June 2024?
WELCOME! 
Every now and then some of us have the chance for a "meet-up" This discussion is a place to store memories of these special times.
Read more…The temperatures are dropping to 0C/32F at night, as a result our Distributions are in full swing.
Many of our volunteers are making multiple distributions in one day.
In this discussion you can view the amazing photos of the darling
Read more…AFRICA
From Egypt
To Victoria Falls
Africa has many incredible destinations to visit.
There are such amazing and unique animals,
From Lions
to Elephants
Or Penguins
Maybe an Ostrich
And for sure the Giraffes
AFRICA has so many things for the chi
Read more…Many times this month area creches and daycares have come to The Barn to collect blankets to distribute. Unfortunately we do not get many photos of the children receiving their blankets.
Here is on such distribution to Dudu Little Ang
Read more…WHAT'S ON YOUR HOOKS AND NEEDLES
It has been quite a colorful month in this theme. Blankets, beanies and squares.
Catch all the eye popping designs in this discussion.
Wilma G and her group of volunteers brought in 100 completed
Read more…Put on some sandals, sip a frosty drink, watch the waves and play in the sand. This month we have spent our time At The Beach enjoying the music of the Beatles, Beach Boys, Christopher Cross, Rod Stewart and more. Our contributors have
Hi Everyone!
Here are our themes and CoMs in 2024:
January - Stripes and Diagonals - Host: Bev - CoM - Orange.
February - What's on your Needles and Hooks? - CoM - Black
March - At The Beach - Host: Bev - CoM - Blue
April - What's on Your Hooks a
Read more…WHAT'S ON YOUR HOOKS AND NEEDLES?
This month has produced some beatuful work in so many different colors.
Check out the discussion HERE.
DISTRIBUTIONS
We hope to start this Discussion for 2024 during the month of March.
Our Blan
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