Hello Sharon, so glad you have joined us. Keeping the children in South Africa warm has brought together a world-wide group of caring knitters and crocheters. As a South African, you know the problems the children face. Since you live fairly close to Ronda in Bryanston, are you able to help on opening days ?
Every month, we list the squares, beanies and tops that have arrived in South Africa. To find the ‘Squares lists’ please click the Forum tab [see tabs above] then on “Tallies/Item Count” for an up-to-date listing.
Click Here for a few tips for sending your parcel. Postal information is here.
We have a challenge for each month. This is a fun way to try new colours, ideas or patterns. A theme is chosen, and if you wish, you may create something new and different......it could be making a plain square using a new colour, a different stitch or trying a totally new way of knitting/ crocheting. An 8”/20cm square is the perfect size for experimenting.
This month we are Celebrating the Variegated Square. These yarns are such fun and create a uniquely different pattern with each square made. We would love to see your creations ! Click here to join the discussion.
As always, making the basic square is a wonderful way to relax and still help the children. Plain Janes, as they are affectionately called, are the backbone of KAS. Since it takes 35 different squares to make one blanket, squares are needed all the time
If you are interested in joining any of our challenges, please note: Your parcel does not need to arrive in South Africa before the end of the month. Those of us who use sea-mail find parcels take between 6-10 weeks to arrive. Whenever your parcel arrives, know it will be appreciated and that you are keeping children warm.
Greetings Sharon from over in the middle of Canada where it jumped from us having overnight frosts to 28C/82F yesterday...crikey! At the same time, the South African orphans are experiencing winter, and I guess you know all about that. Welcome to KAS and we're glad to have you with us. Just click on various options in the header above to scoot around the site. I recommend Photos to see what a few of the members have made--talk about yarn artists, crikey! And click on Forums to go to all the discussion pages, scroll down to find Cafe KAS where a lot of funny discussions happen and you can ask tons of questions and get advice, also the Patterns section includes some tried and true original KAS patterns donated by members, and Groups will take you to groups from any country you might wish to join. Any questions, just ask us, and welcome to Knit A Square, glad you found us! Love, Jeanne
Hi Sharon, Welcome to the KAS Forum from the UK. I hope you will enjoy being part of this friendly & lively community. Do you knit or crochet or both? We now have our official KAS Pattern Book with all the garments and squares that have been found the most useful to distribute to the children. Just double click on this link : http://forum.knit-a-square.com/page/patterns
Very glad word of mouth directed to you our global knitting family! Check out the Hello & Welcome Letter by clicking the "Main Page" tab above. There you will find all kinds of information about KAS. Another great section to look over is the Photo tab - everyone is so supportive of the work on display.
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Welcome, Sharon, from suburban Philadelphia in the USA. So glad you've joined us!
Welcome Sharon! You'll find this is a fun group!
Welcome to KAS Sharon and warm greetings from Jeffreys Bay :)
Hello Sharon, so glad you have joined us. Keeping the children in South Africa warm has brought together a world-wide group of caring knitters and crocheters. As a South African, you know the problems the children face. Since you live fairly close to Ronda in Bryanston, are you able to help on opening days ?
Every month, we list the squares, beanies and tops that have arrived in South Africa. To find the ‘Squares lists’ please click the Forum tab [see tabs above] then on “Tallies/Item Count” for an up-to-date listing.
Click Here for a few tips for sending your parcel. Postal information is here.
We have a challenge for each month. This is a fun way to try new colours, ideas or patterns. A theme is chosen, and if you wish, you may create something new and different......it could be making a plain square using a new colour, a different stitch or trying a totally new way of knitting/ crocheting. An 8”/20cm square is the perfect size for experimenting.
This month we are Celebrating the Variegated Square. These yarns are such fun and create a uniquely different pattern with each square made. We would love to see your creations ! Click here to join the discussion.
As always, making the basic square is a wonderful way to relax and still help the children. Plain Janes, as they are affectionately called, are the backbone of KAS. Since it takes 35 different squares to make one blanket, squares are needed all the time
If you are interested in joining any of our challenges, please note: Your parcel does not need to arrive in South Africa before the end of the month. Those of us who use sea-mail find parcels take between 6-10 weeks to arrive. Whenever your parcel arrives, know it will be appreciated and that you are keeping children warm.
Enjoy !
Greetings Sharon from over in the middle of Canada where it jumped from us having overnight frosts to 28C/82F yesterday...crikey! At the same time, the South African orphans are experiencing winter, and I guess you know all about that. Welcome to KAS and we're glad to have you with us. Just click on various options in the header above to scoot around the site. I recommend Photos to see what a few of the members have made--talk about yarn artists, crikey! And click on Forums to go to all the discussion pages, scroll down to find Cafe KAS where a lot of funny discussions happen and you can ask tons of questions and get advice, also the Patterns section includes some tried and true original KAS patterns donated by members, and Groups will take you to groups from any country you might wish to join. Any questions, just ask us, and welcome to Knit A Square, glad you found us! Love, Jeanne
Hi Sharon, Welcome to the KAS Forum from the UK. I hope you will enjoy being part of this friendly & lively community. Do you knit or crochet or both? We now have our official KAS Pattern Book with all the garments and squares that have been found the most useful to distribute to the children. Just double click on this link : http://forum.knit-a-square.com/page/patterns
For further questions click on the Forum tab for FAQs, How do I or KAS - Questions, Answers and Help. You can also catch-up with events and news through our monthly news bulletin KasSnippets : http://forum.knit-a-square.com/forum/categories/kas-snippets/listFo...
Very glad word of mouth directed to you our global knitting family! Check out the Hello & Welcome Letter by clicking the "Main Page" tab above. There you will find all kinds of information about KAS. Another great section to look over is the Photo tab - everyone is so supportive of the work on display.
For the KAS South Africa Wish List needs and requirements, please check out this link : http://forum.knit-a-square.com/forum/topics/kas-wish-list-guideline...
We also have two new videos which are work checking out :
1. http://youtu.be/hgPcGIT3n6A
2. http://youtu.be/UIrfmIYuHYE