There are always so many exciting things on the go at this end of KAS and in this report I share with you a variety of stories, starting with a trip to prison – again!
Last year, Abegail Ndaba, one of our board members, made contact with Vivian Ledw
Read more…In July 2014 we visited two day-care centres – Vukuzenzele and Zenzele. I looked up the meaning of these names and there are a few variations, but my favourite one I have used as the headline for this report. Some of the others included:
“To make
Read more…Pour les francophones qui veulent avoir accès rapidement à les renseignements sur KAS, j'ai crée une page Facebook dédié uniquement à Knit-a-Square:
www.facebook.com/carrementvotre
Pour le moment il n'y a pas toute l'info, mais petit à petit j'ajout
Read more…Kids from Elementary School Javornik, Czech republic + their parents, grandparents, teachers = 428 squares
Read more…The theme this month is all about colour; bright colours, harmonious colours, clashing colours; colour for the sheer joy of it.
I’ve always loved RAINBOWS.
I can remember being fascinated by them as a child. My older brother did his best to bu
Read more…SQUARE HEART OF THE MONTH AWARD
THE SQUARE HEART AWARD FOR MARCH IS FOR
THE SPECIAL MOTHER & DAUGHTER TEAM OF
WENDY LEWIS & MADELINE MURRAY et al.
Uxbridge, ON, Canada
This Mother and Daughter team posted the first photos of their work
Read more…KAS South Africa enjoyed another successful Hobby X and it was so encouraging to have people we met at last year’s show bringing us the squares that they had knitted to this year’s show. We even had a lady drive all the way from Harrismith to Johann
Read more…BBC East Midlands visits the KAS knitters as they enjoy conversation and coffee while making squares to send to South Africa.
KasSnippets - March 2015
REPORTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
by Ronda Lowrie
KAS South Africa enjoyed another successful Hobby X and it was so encouraging to have people we met at last year’s show bringing us the squares that they had knitted to this year’s
Read more…Hi Everyone!!
I thought I'd put up a quick post and introduce myself as I'm just starting to add a little more to the conversations here.
My name is Katie and I'm a 34 yr. old lady from Northern Virginia. I'm happily married to my darling and we've
Read more…Hi Everyone!
A full three months have passed since the last financial update, so here's the latest news! This one will be shorter than last times', because I won't be explaining each graph in as much detail. If you would like the more detailed expla
Read more…We are literally reporting to you all from beneath a mountain of mail, gorgeous blankets and all your wonderful contributions! Things have been somewhat crazy on this end what with the exciting GSK Scarves for Schools project; the Skills Development
Read more…SQUARE HEART AWARD
Edited by Gloria Grandy
The Square Heart Award for January 2015 is for
Our Team of Volunteers in
South Africa
It will soon be seven years ago (yes! just seven!) that a plea went out to the world for squares to be sent to South A
Read more…SQUARE ANGEL AWARD
Edited this month by Gloria Grandy
(in cahoots with Linda Maltby and Anne Powell)
The Square Angel Award for December 2014 is for
Pam Antink - St. Albans, UK
Do you know Pam?
Of course you do! You meet her every time y
Read more…WEBSITE : https://upletctverec.wordpress.com/
FACEBOOK PAGE : https://www.facebook.com/groups/596303797168730/photos/
Hello everybody,
I want to share how proud I am of all the ladies in the Czech republic (small country in the heart of Europe) who
Read more…KasSnippets - February 2015
REPORTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
by Ronda Lowrie
Wandi, Lindi, Wendy and I went to the Chiawelo Community Centre on Tuesday to collect blankets from the gogos – they had sewn together 116 blankets! We also used the opportuni
Read more…PROJET SPECIAL !!
La société GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) a demandé à KAS de tricoter ou crocheter des écharpes pour des enfants scolarisés n’ayant pas les moyens de s’acheter une écharpe. Dans beaucoup d’écoles des quartiers pauvres, il n’y a pas de ch
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