Tks so much for your offer to mail me crocheting instructions. I would really appreciate it. I gave it a go last night and I THINK I got it, but I don't know how to do a second 'row'??? I could crochet an endless chain, but that's unlikely to keep anyone warm!! Ha ha! I'd really like to learn how to crochet squares together so that there is a bit of a crocheted bit between squares and a sort of border around the blanket (hope that makes sense). My e-mail address is erinl@mweb.co.za when you have the chance.
Again, thanks for the offer, Anne. Much appreciated. I will let you know how I get on!
Chat soon
E
There is a donations page on the website through which you can make a donation if you want to. You don't have to worry about foreign exchange or anything like that, just nominate the country you are from and the amount you wish to donate.
Thanks for your ongoing support Anne, I hope all is going well for you in SA!
Hi Anne - a bit of a follow on from my message yesterday. This is a message that my mum posted in response - I have just copied and pasted it:
Hello my love - thanks for your help at Zeverfontein this morning. And for writing about Cedarwood - you are doing great PRO work on behalf of your cyber-challenged mama. I wanted to read what you wrote to Anne Warburton about the number of squares required for a blanket but cannot seem to open the rest of your message - is it me, or am I not permitted to read further anyway?
Can I say here, that on average we use about 30 sqs per blanket, the most common size being 6 sqs x 5 sqs which is good for a child of (say) 3 - 8 years old.
But depending on the squares being used (some are small, and some are, well ... LARGE !) one can make a 7 x 5, or a 6 x 4 or even a 6 x 8 for a teenager ? Fly it by the seat of your pants is the answer, I guess. Love y'all xxxxx
Hi Anne - apologies for having taken so long to reply to you. Where does the time go??
Thank you so much for all your support - we really need more South Africans like you to jump on board and get involved.
The number of squares it tkaes to make blanket depends on the size of the blanket (and the squares we are using). The smallest blanket we make is a 6 x 4 which would be 24 squares.
Thanks for your consistent involvement Anne.
Chat soon
E
Hallo Anne - feel I know u. Ronda (sister) talks a lot about you. You have an african grey. Our grandmother who lived her life time in Zimbabwe and wrote her memoirs, amazing lady, always had african greys. I have the most amazing and special australian cockatiel called shona (short for mashonaland). He talks, is my constant companion, keeps me in fits, is affectionate and sleeps often on the pillow next to my head. KAS family, of which you are one, are so thrilled with all your hard work for this wonderful charity. Hopefully we will all met up in S.A next year. Sandy is my daughter, Kalai and Cressida my granddaughters, and we are all flying back to Africa for a holiday in March 2010. Exciting indeed
Forgot to say - hope you and your daughter from Perth have a wonderful reunion on Monday ! We will be welcoming our daughter and son in law back from Italy the same day - and going off grannie and grampa duty !! x
Hello Anne - actually I am IN the Cape at the moment and had every intention of contacting you while here, but the wheels fell off because firstly I left your postcard at home so don't have your contact numbers, and secondly, am babysitting two precious grandchildren for 6 days while my older daughter, Sian, and her husband are in Italy for a wedding ! Erin (younger daughter and your friend (below) has been here helping me which has been much needed since Luca is just 2 and baby Gemma not quite 4 months !! Will be back in the Cape soon, I hope, and will definitely contact you then ! Lovely to chat this way in the meantime - have also enjoyed the wintry Cape weather which has inspired me to SEW UP one or two knit-a-square blankets when the babes have been sleeping ! Love from Ronda xx
Hi Anne - absolutely!! I am really trying to spread the 'Knit-A-Square' word and drive some more South African interest in the project. Hopefully we will see some more fellow 'Saffers' here soon!
Regards
Erin
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Tks so much for your offer to mail me crocheting instructions. I would really appreciate it. I gave it a go last night and I THINK I got it, but I don't know how to do a second 'row'??? I could crochet an endless chain, but that's unlikely to keep anyone warm!! Ha ha! I'd really like to learn how to crochet squares together so that there is a bit of a crocheted bit between squares and a sort of border around the blanket (hope that makes sense). My e-mail address is erinl@mweb.co.za when you have the chance.
Again, thanks for the offer, Anne. Much appreciated. I will let you know how I get on!
Chat soon
E
There is a donations page on the website through which you can make a donation if you want to. You don't have to worry about foreign exchange or anything like that, just nominate the country you are from and the amount you wish to donate.
Thanks for your ongoing support Anne, I hope all is going well for you in SA!
Kalai x x x
Hello my love - thanks for your help at Zeverfontein this morning. And for writing about Cedarwood - you are doing great PRO work on behalf of your cyber-challenged mama. I wanted to read what you wrote to Anne Warburton about the number of squares required for a blanket but cannot seem to open the rest of your message - is it me, or am I not permitted to read further anyway?
Can I say here, that on average we use about 30 sqs per blanket, the most common size being 6 sqs x 5 sqs which is good for a child of (say) 3 - 8 years old.
But depending on the squares being used (some are small, and some are, well ... LARGE !) one can make a 7 x 5, or a 6 x 4 or even a 6 x 8 for a teenager ? Fly it by the seat of your pants is the answer, I guess. Love y'all xxxxx
Hope that helps Anne.
E
Thank you so much for all your support - we really need more South Africans like you to jump on board and get involved.
The number of squares it tkaes to make blanket depends on the size of the blanket (and the squares we are using). The smallest blanket we make is a 6 x 4 which would be 24 squares.
Thanks for your consistent involvement Anne.
Chat soon
E
Regards
Erin