FACEBOOK messages for sharing with Forum Members 2013 & 2014
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2014 MONTHLY SQUARES LIST
2014 is The Year of the Square !
Although the Postal Strike slowed down the arrival of parcels, in 2014, the team opened and sorted a huge number of parcels from generous people around the world. Thank you !
Find the Squares List on the websit
SECTION FRANCAISE: KAS en Français...les informations essentielles
Veuillez trouver ci-joint quelques éléments essentiels sur KAS:
Le concept de KNIT-A-SQUARE
Il y a à peu près 1,9 million d’orphelins en Afrique du Sud. Un grand nombre sont issus de familles dont les parents sont morts du sida.
Certains enfants s
Read more…OUR VISIT TO EVERGREEN DAY CARE AND PRE-SCHOOL
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.
Our first stop was Evergreen Day Care and Pre-S
Read more…Package Inventory, making unpacking day easier!
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
Read more…The River John Square Knitters
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SECTION FRANCAISE : Carrément Votre
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
Read more…MINI CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE!
MINI CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE!
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
Read more…Share A Yarn?
Hi Everyone.
New Year - New (updated) Discussion.
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'
Read more…Furry, Feathered and Fishy Companions 2014
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
SORTED IN SOUTH AFRICA 2014
We have an office again!
Thanks to our members prayers and generosity we have these lovely clean and modern offices to work from!
The volunteer team turn up each week to sort your squares, hand warmers, tops, hats and cuddlies so that more and more
Read more…MONTHLY THEMES FOR 2015
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
Read more…Sheep And Wool Show Report!
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
Read more…KasSnippets - December 2014
KasSnippets - December 2014
REPORTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
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
Read more…2014 TALLY
2014 KNIT-A-SQUARE TALLY
In order to shorten and simplify the item count list this year,
we are asking that you choose from the following list when recording what you send.
This will make it much easier f
Read more…DECEMBER FUN - What is your Dragon Name?
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.
It's good to know that we can enjoy a rel
Read more…PHOTOGRAPHS FROM KAS DISTRIBUTIONS 2013 - 2014
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…DECEMBER - THE UN-CHALLENGE !
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
GETTING ORGANISED!
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
Read more…THE BLANKET ROOM COLLECTION - 2014 (Version 2)
THE BLANKET ROOM COLLECTION 2014
DUE TO AN ACCIDENTAL DELETION THE 2014 BLANKET COLLECTION DISAPPEARED!
OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO GET THE COLLECTION RE-INSTATED, HOWEVER, WE HAVE DEFINITELY LOST ALL THE
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