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Hi my name is June and I am very pleased to be able to join in the work KAS does. I don't profess to be a great knitter but I will do my best.
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I am new to this group - I found this site on the internet when I was looking for charities that needed knitting. Some friends and I are having our first knit and natter group today and I wanted to suggest a charity we could knit for - so this is it!
Read more…February 2012 Challenge - French Lace, Frooty Tooty, Fantasy (Fairies, cartoon characters, wizards, dragons, elves etc)
As Lilian got the February Challenge off to a flying start, thought we'd better get the Challenge page going! Below is Lilian's Fantasy February Square and some samples of French Lace to set your taste buds going! The other pictures are examples of
Read more…Crochet Puppet Patterns
Here are a few ideas for crochet puppets.
These are cute finger puppets.
http://crochetbot3000.blogspot.com/2010/11/finger-puppet-menagerie.html
This dolly has her own blanket.
http://crochetpatternsonly.blogspot.com/2009/04/puppet-dolly-in-blanket.
Stitch-a-day free patterns
http://newstitchaday.com/january-afghan-knit-a-long-square/
I have just found this link on Ravelry and it looks like a good source of new stitch and square patterns, both knitting and crochet.Although the squares are 12" I am sure we resourceful Kasf
Read more…Hello
Hi I'm Kate and I live in Bury Lancashire. I only recently learned how to crochet Granny Squares and I was looking for projects to try to put them to some use when I came across your site. What a great way to help children in Africa. I can't wait to
Read more…square list
I have just found my name on the square list for the first lot of squares I sent, it's so exciting to know that you are doing something to help others and it feels so rewarding to be part of a fantastic and caring group of people. I am so made up.
Read more…Useful patterns
I have recently discovered some great sites with lots of useful free patterns, both for slipovers and hats so I thought I would post the links here, as well as on the pattern section of the forum.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/center-cable-
Read more…Ute from New York :)
Hello fellow knitters!
I am 42,German, living in Upstate NY with my hubby and our two doggies. Our twin girls Sarah and Julia will be 20 years old soon. Sarah shares her time between ours and her boyfriends house, studying Graphic Design and working
Read more…French translation
Bonjour everybody there
I have made a translation in french of basic informations (project, instruction, postal), lot of my contacts seams stop in there generosity because of the language.
It's not much, but my contribution in the hope that french
Wandi's back!
Hi friends...
Here is a picture of me with some of the Clear Lake Methodist church groups wonderful work! THANK YOU!!!
Thank you for all your messages. I am back now and ready to start where I left off two weeks ago. I just had a nasty dose of
Read more…February - April 2011 challenge
Hello everyone, the February challenge is here! We are all so excited about this concept.
Meet our 9th KasCare bus Bongani (which means be grateful in Zulu).
Our aim is to fill the bus with 35 children, each with their own KAS blanket, and hat k
Read more…Rachel A.'s Blog
South African ABC Blanket Design Idea
I was trying to see if I could make a pattern using the ABC square patterns and the South African flag, and this is what I came up with. Do you think it's close enough?
January 2012 Challenge - January Jewels
Hi everyone
We have decided that to keep people fired up and motivated we are going back to smaller, 1- 3 monthly challenges.
In January we are doing "Jewels in January". We'd love it if you could knit/crochet beautiful, jewel coloured squares (and
Read more…KAS Event News & Postage Parties
This page is for events, large or small, that have been organised to raise awareness of the work of KAS. Our lovely members often organise local events or get-togethers within their own particular groups and no one else gets to hear about!
It is
Read more…Hexagon Crochet Sweater added by Mary Kristel Lokken, Jan. 7, 2012 with pattern links...
Sue's Hexagon Baby Sweater: http://needleworkersroom.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html
Granny Hexagon Baby Surprise Sweater: http://www.creativejewishmom.com/2010/07/how-to-crochet-a-hexigon-baby-surprise-sweater.html
Mary used the first pattern
Read more…Making gifts throughout the year blog
On my blog we have been having a chat about all those good intentions we have to make gifts throughout the year. I thought I would start this off and perhaps we can add inspiration, patterns, ideas for gifts and pics of anything we have made ready f
Read more…Really Easy Chunky Knit Beanie
Here is the pattern for my Really Easy Chunky Knit Beanie. (pdf document link below for downloading).
I have made 8 Beanies from this pattern now so am pretty confident it will work out well. Please let me know if you have any problems though.
Wendy
Read more…Christmas 2011 can you believe it?
Hello to all our dear forum members,
I know that the McDonald's have been very quiet for some time in the forum so I am writing to apologise and say hi! As usual none of us have enough hands, brains, eyes, ears or mouths to keep up with everything,
Read more…Dresses For Africa
Hi all!
I came across a piece for Dresses for Africa this morning. It's a non-profit organization that asks people to make dresses from pillow cases for little girls in poor African villages. I'm not a sewer (unfortunately) but thought I could pass t
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