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
Read more…J'ai fais beaucoup d’expérimentations depuis l'annonce des nouveaux tarifs de La Poste. Il est évident que le tarif kg n'est pas une option valable si on a beaucoup de choses à envoyer. Le tarif 20kg n'est non plus une option valable en raison de la
Read more…The last distribution I reported back on was Evergreen Day Care in Finetown where we were joined by Annette and her son Luke and nephew Eric. With all the extra help that day, we were actually able to do two other distributions in Finetown.
After l
Read more…This month we are all about whimsy, fun stuff, kid-friendly squares.
Designs can be simple - the way a child would draw them.
Do you remember when you were 4, or 5 or 6? What fascinated you?
Even if that was a long time ago for some of us, cert
Read more…SQUARE HEART OF THE MONTH AWARD
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The Square Heart Award for February 2015
goes to
Mili K - Savudrija, Croatia
Mili joined the Square Circle Forum in May 2011
and she soon
Read more…KasSnippets - January 2015
REPORTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
On a freezing cold day at the beginning of June 2014, we headed off to Finetown once more … and, thanks to a large group of volunteers on that particular occasion, we were able to visit three sch
Read more…Recently, there have been several questions and some discussion about the cost of mailing our squares to South Africa, in some of the Groups, particularly the US and the UK.
It often comes as a bit of a shock to newer members, when they send off thos
Read more…Just wanted to say thanks everybody for welcoming me into this wonderful organisation! After picking up my knitting needles after 20 years, I made one square! (very rusty ha ha!) now I will have to re-learn my crocheting skills, I am really looking f
Read more…HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Welcome to the KAS Monthly Themes for 2015
This year is 'The Year of the PJ'
The simple, much needed squares that are the backbone of KAS.
We hope that KAS folk will celebrate the year by posting photo's of their PJ's for all to s
Read more…Uthando Project founded in 2004
in Australia
At the suggestion of one of the Knit-a-Square Facebook members, Julie Fletcher, we contacted and asked permission to use the ethnic doll patterns developed by the Uthando Project.
Georgia Efford replied
Read more…Our visit to the Sharp Kidz Day Care in Finetown reminded me of how Santa must feel when visiting the children of the world to drop off gifts!
We arrived at this very small school, on an unusually warm day in June, to find that our timing was out
Read more…I have been inspired to write a little about the wonderful week I have had in Joburg with Wendy, Ronda and volunteers at Knit a Square! I remember when my creative cousin Sandy McDonald birthed the idea of the knitting of squares that would be sent t
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