I am so excited that I do not even know where to begin – at the very beginning, I guess?!
Wendy (what WOULD we do without her ?) has been mulling over an idea to approach commercial property owners and find out whether KAS might be able to move into
Read more…In the book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss, the Grinch stole Christmas from the people of Who-ville.
In South Africa, disease and poverty stole childhood from millions of children.
Can we displace the Grinch in a child’s lif
Read more…The Postal Strike is over and now the work begins !
April was an extremely busy month for the South African team. They have been working very hard to clear the backlog caused by the strike. Please be patient if your name does not appear on this
Read more…WOW, what an amazing and exhausting day!!!
It was such a pleasure to spend yesterday sorting from such wonderful office space – look how much fun we had:
Ronda, Wendy and Abegail packing for Mandela Day!
We started bright and early this morning wi
Read more…I have designed this simple and quick sweater pattern especially for KAS - and also for those (like me) who hate ribbing! It can be found in the KAS pattern book and this discussion is for members to ask any questions and/or post their own photos of
Read more…As we're all from different countries I thought this list of what weight equals what weight elsewhere might be useful...I got it from Lion Brand Yarn's site and thank you to them for it.
This month the Square Heart Award goes to
Andrea Palmatier (Canada)
Andrea has been an active member since 2009.
With her talent and skill with a crochet hook, Andrea has created many beautiful squares and garments for the children of South Africa.
Read more…A new home for KAS, with thanks to you color Two weeks ago, we sent you a critical appeal. We'd never asked before for a specific amount. This time, if we were able to achieve a long overdue and very necessary transition to keep our much loved KAS |
Hi, my name is Jeni. i am 36 years old and have knitted most of my life but really don't enjoy it. I learnt to crochet in August 2009 and I am now truly addicted. I mainly stich to granny squares but many family blankets and KAS squares later, I am
Read more…Before we know it, it will be Christmas – well, Christmas in July at any rate which is we are hoping to use for our Mandela Day distribution.
It is great to see your interpretation and creativity on the forum under the Mandela Day challenge for July
Read more…The June 2013 Square Heart Award goes to:
Elaine Jones of Shrewsbury UK, member since May 2009
AND
Pam Johnson of Shropshire UK, member since June 2009
Pam and Elaine are a great team, doing an amazing job at raising funds and spreading the word
Read more…CRITICAL APPEAL 2013 The irresistible and irrepressible children of South Africa, For their future
Dear KasCommunity,
There has been a wonderful response so far to this critical appeal sent out last night (June 29th or 28th 2013, depending on where y
Read more…Hi,
I've been making squares for KAS since late last year and following KAS on both Facebook and Ravelry (my Ravelry name is aishakenza). I'm a serial crocheter ☺I love making the squares, it's a great way to try out new stitches and designs and a g
Read more…It was wonderful to hear from all of you last week after posting my first report for June and I am pleased that you all enjoyed hearing what we get up to in South Africa.
Last Thursday, John delivered a mountain of post and although we had four volun
Read more…In order to give you an idea of what we are getting up to, we are going to try and submit a report weekly so that you too can experience a week in the life of a KAS volunteer in South Africa (SA). We hope you enjoy our stories.
June kicked off with
Read more…I just want to pay tribute to the wonderful support Knit-a-Square has enjoyed since August 2010 from the wives of Black & Veitch contractors, mostly from Kansas, USA, who have been out here working on the huge Eskom upgrade project in South Africa.
Read more…THE YEAR OF THE OLDER CHILD
WARM TOPS - BEANIES - SCARVES - SOCKS (sox) - GLOVES OR MITTENS and, of course, CUDDLY TOYS
LINDA MALTBY (CANADA)
IS LEADING THE JANUARY 2013 CHALLENGE
It is so important that the children have warm clothi
Read more…We will start KasSnippets with this photograph : 14th May Ronda's car broke down on the way to distribute much needed blankets to Ithumeleng Creche in Soweto! Thankfully, Ronda's saintly husband came to the rescue whilst the AA took care of the car.
Read more…Found this useful link -free patterns, I was looking at toys, (having been inspired by another member's knitted dog) and there as so many to choose from.
www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/animals
Read more…I started writing this comment in the 'Anyone feel like a chat?' thread, but then I thought it needed a thread of it's own.
I've been very busy the past month or two, and I've had a HUGE week this week, I've worked about 65 hours at work, and I'm s
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