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May 2016 be filled with Peace and Goodness,
surrounding you with the warmth and love of family ...
... KASfriends ...
... and yarn!
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We have a few **NEW** items for you in this edition.
Make sure to read thr
Read more…SQUARE HEART OF THE MONTH JANUARY 2016
is awarded to
EDY SYQUER
edited by Susan Gillman
Edy made some bright and colourful scrap yarn hats when he started out....
That is not all that Edy makes with his yarn scraps, he is remem
Glance Back, but Move Ahead
by Valerie Zalewski
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For this first edition of KAS Snippets 2016, I wish to welcome you all to another year of "snippets", all the little bits of news and anecdotes that make KAS the warm friendly place that it
Read more…GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS
to KasSnippets
What is KasSnippets?
KasSnippets is our monthly newsletter intended to keep readers informed of what is happening at Knit-a-Square and throughout the KAScommunity.
Who reads KasSnippets?
We hope that all Fo
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Find the Squares List on the website:
Click on ‘Received Squares’
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Important Reminder:
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE TAKE GREAT CARE IN FILLING OUT THE CUSTOMS SLIP.
Please declare
Read more…I had a lovely afternoon yesterday, visiting an inner city music studio, where two sisters, Jayne and Joyce teach piano and violin, mainly to children and young people. They also run craft workshops during school holidays.
I had recently visited their
Greetings everyone! We're starting off 2015 with a new version of our pets discussion thread. Anything can be put on here that you find amusing about animals in general or your pets in particular. I am starting off with a photo of The Lickasaur
Read more…This distribution took place with Wandi on 9th July.
Sanna is the wonderful woman who is responsible for running this daycare centre for the last 5 years. We first met her at a much earlier distribution in the Finetown area but it has taken us
Read more…Hi KASfriends.
Well, its that time of year again; time for a new beginning, a new discussion.....so.....
Won't you share a thought or two?
A joke...or maybe a story?
Perhaps a snippet of your day?
Or your life in all its glory......
I invite you,
Read more…This was our first visit ever to Bushkoppies, an area on the main N12 highway to the South Western mining areas of Gauteng and on the route I take every time to get to Lindi and Wandi's homes in Soweto.
It took us a long while to actually find Happy
Read more…Our wonderful 'parcel opening' team!
The volunteer team turn up each week to sort your squares, hand warmers, tops, hats and cuddlies so that more and more vulnerable and deprived children are given a sense that they are valued and cared for!
Read more…The reason we send our parcels:
Reminders when packing:
1. Squares
-pack flat -tail neatly butterflied -bundled in 5/10
2. Inside the parcel: 3. Check Post
Welcome to December! We've made it to the last month of the year and are all getting busy with various holidays and time spent with friends and loved ones. Time to clean out our stash baskets and use up those bits and bobs in colorful squares, so we
Read more…KAS Christmas Challenge 2015
It’s that time of year again – can you squeeze in a square over the Festive Season? Who’d like to join the KAS Christmas Challenge for 2015?
This is a mini, ONE-SQUARE challenge to run over Christmas and the New Year.
Read more…Edited By Sue Gillman
KARLA BYSTRIANSKA
Karla is from Opava-Podvihov Czech Republic.
She joined the KAS family in January 2013.
This is Karla in the pool with her grandso
Ronda and Wendy continue to bring us wonderful photographs of the children receiving their blankets, hats and garments. Along with many story snippets of their experiences at the variations places. These photographs not only confirm to the world tha
Read more…Following Helen's successful 'gogo blanket appeal', Ronda thought our contributors might be interested to meet some of the gogo groups! Warts and All!
CHIAWELO
Our foundation group, from Chiawelo, some of whom also participated in the MedLemon knit
Read more…REPORTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
This was our first visit to the area known as Eikenhof - far south of Johannesburg and east of Soweto proper.
We had been introduced to the area by our volunteer driver, Joel, who brings Lindi, Wandi (and
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