For some time now we have been trying to get to the New Generation crèche in Dobsonville, Soweto to do a large distribution to around 80 children and on Tuesday, 18 March we finally got there!
The KASvan parked outside the school.
I headed off to
Read more…Someone on our KAS Facebook group page has asked if we know the pattern for the Square Cat being held by this lad - they first appeared in Sorted in Africa last year, but I'm not sure they were produced by a Forum member. Any clues would be apprecia
Read more…Could someone tell me if the pattern for the hand warmers is for two strands of yarn or just one. I usually use two strands of double knit for making squares on 6mm needles, but am worried that one strand on 4mm needles won't be warm enough.
Read more…Welcome Everyone to the March challenge - Around the World in 31 Days.
KAS receives squares and other beautiful items from wonderful, caring KASfriends, from fifty-four countries all over the world. Wouldn't it be lovely to create some squares and th
Read more…SQUARE HEART OF THE MONTH AWARD
Edited this month by Pam Antink
The Square Heart Award for March 2014
is for Yvette Tiedt - South Africa
Yvette with the yarn-winder sent by Mr. & Mrs. Nakagome of Japan, which has been found to be very
Read more…I posted last week
3 squares
1 sweater w/ matching hat
1 hat
Your totals are AMAZING!
Lois
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As I have been away in the USA on a family holiday, my precious group of Gumnuts has added another handful of members to the flock. I'm looking forward to returning and seeing where they are all at, and picking up my needles again after a few weeks w
Read more…KasSnippets - March 2014
REPORTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Well, the activities of the last couple of weeks have been somewhat different to the run of the mill operation for KAS in South Africa. A great deal of our time ha
Read more…Well, the activities of the last couple of weeks have been somewhat different to the run of the mill operation for KAS in South Africa. A great deal of our time has been taken up by our participation in a large exhibition in Johannesburg – Hobby X –
Read more…Through the years I have accumulated lots of china, nothing of great value, but pretty. In November I decided that a lot of my china (most of it in boxes in my attic after down sizing some years ago), could be 'put to work' to raise funds for KAS pos
Read more…KasSnippets - February 2014
REPORTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Reporting KAS in South Africa :
Towards the end of last year Wendy and I visited a lovely retirement home – Waterval Retirement Village. E
Read more…Wandi was recently introduced, via a family member, to a lovely gentleman by the name of David who works with various homes that care for the elderly as well as day care centres in and around the Dobsonville area of Soweto. He was very excited at th
Read more…Here are some of the photographs of the distributions recently made to John Crane House on the occasion of the Boys House being opened :
Ronda handing over blankets to Brent Chalmers of The Soul Provider Trust
Brent
Aziz Sallie of J
Read more…In April of 2010 Isabelle Bourguignon injured her leg and was not able to perform her work as a flight attendant for a number of months. Being someone who was always on the go, she looked to the internet for something to keep her occupied and she c
Read more…Hello,
I am from Canada and have recently joined Knit a Square.
I have a son who is a volunteer in South Africa and also in Zambia and he is part of an organization called Hands at Work. They work with communities in 8 different countries in Africa
Read more…After the shock of having to move premises at the beginning of the year, we have pulled ourselves towards ourselves and have spent some time planning for the year ahead. On Saturday we had our KAS SA Annual General Meeting which was so motivating an
Read more…The Square Heart Award for February 2014
is for Laurie Fortier,
Quebec City - Canada
Laurie joined the Forum in January 2010 and has been incredibly active and supportive ever since! In addition to creating squares, Laurie generously sent other pe
Read more…Happy New Year, fellow KASers!
I'm writing to tell you about a blog I started called Andrea Squared. I've made a public commitment to crochet one square a day for KAS. My goal is twofold: spread the word for KASCare and warm the children with enough
Read more…These eyes have seen so much sadness in their short lives.
The blankets will give them comfort as well as warmth.
Reminders when sending parcels to South Africa:
1. Squares
We only received this report in December, but with the loss of the offices and Ronda's ceiling collapse it has only just surfaced!
Three young Canadian women who are currently (or were) volunteering with the Department of Health in Soweto, were supp
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