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 schools.
As you probably already know, when all the lovely squares, hats, toys, vests and sweaters arrive in South Africa, our dedicated volunteers have the job of unpacking them all. Not only do they unpack though, they need to count everything up for the sq
Bienvenu à la nouvelle Section Française. Je m'appelle Valerie Zalewski et je suis ici pour vous guidez dans votre voyage au monde de Knit-a-Square. Vous y trouverez des infos importantes afin de participer pleinement à Knit-a-Square. Il y aura des n
So, who would like to join me in a mini, ONE SQUARE, challenge over the Christmas and New Year period? (Go on, you know you can squeeze one square in between the cooking, wrapping, opening, Christmas festivities, family v
To simplify things (and for me 'simple' is ALWAYS better...lol) we have decided to combine two of your favourite discussions: Yarn-aholics Therapy and Anyone Feel Like A Chat? We thank Jeni (Harrison'
Hi Everyone! As we start the new year us Moderators have gotten our cyber brooms out and are now tidying up abit. Part of that is to start a new Furry Friends thread so the old thread can be moved over into the archives. I will start with a photo o
Pam published a list of our monthly themes for 2015 in the December issue of KasSnippets, but to make the list easy to find in the months to come, I am re-posting it here.
Many of us like to plan ahead, purchase special yarns for an upcoming theme, o
Late last year, hopeful but only cautiously optimistic, I got in contact with the organizers of the Australian Sheep and Wool Show, one of the largest of its kind in the world and held in Bendigo, Australia once a year. After a few email conversation
Early in June we headed off to Othandweni Day Care Centre, in Finetown. We have found that when we start distributing in a new area, the word spreads and principals of all the other local Day
With the flurry of activities that come along with the month of December - the mountains of cookies to be baked, the tree to trim, the gifts to purchase and wrap, we all need to take a moment for ourselves.
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
Hello all! We've all done a wonderful job making beautiful squares to warm and brighten the lives of children of South Africa this year. Now it's time to relax and unwind with whatever you want! Use up scraps! Use colors you love, or patterns you lov
They say that you should live in a house before you make any changes to it! Well, after having been in our KAS office for well over 6 months, we have a good idea of what is and is not working for us. Our biggest challenge is the limited space we ha
The Rotary club of Jeffreys Bay and Spirals Studio have started a project where
children are encouraged to collect, sort and deliver “recyclable junk” to a central point and exchange it for tokens. They can then use the tokens to “shop” in an assoc
I’ve never written a blog before but this calls for drastic action. I’m Karen, thirty-four-years old and I live in Gloucestershire in the UK with my husband, our three-year-old daughter and an aged cat…. an