We run a challenge each month. For the next three months it is all about squares. We have a grand total of 55,900 squares we are trying to achieve and would love you to participate.
Don't forget to post photographs of your work. We have an awesome gallery of the work of the KAS community which is really inspiring.
Some of our members further support KAS by making a small monthly donation through Paypal (top left hand corner). This is invaluable help as it ensures we can continue to ensure that your work is speedily distributed to the most needy children in South Africa. We are deeply grateful for any donation we receive, be it monetary or squares to help the orphans. Thank you.
If you have any problems using the forum, please don't hesitate to contact your friendly moderators, listed below.
Sandy, Anne, Dawne, Elizabeth, Erin, Jeanne, Kalai, Kyla and Rona
I helped start a knitting group at my college. We worked with Debbie Posmontier and her group of 3rd and 4th graders, to make squares for KAS. If you need any help looking for ideas on how to start a group at you school, please feel free to msg me.
Welcome Stephanie. I'm just outside of Philadelphia and our son goes to school at Gettysburg College. So, we are almost neighbors in the global sense! Glad you joined us. I ran a group for 3rd and 4th graders a few years ago and we had a wonderful time. The KAS teacher resource is a good place to start. You can find it on this page and can order it online. Dawne's suggestions about fund-raising and yarn and needle donations are very helpful, too. I got bags and bags of yarn donated just by putting the word out that we needed yarn. I also had needles donated and bought some inexpensively at Wal-Mart, Michael's and AC Moore. Good Luck!
I love the idea of starting a high school group. I have lots of ideas. The first thing you probably need to do is get the support of a teacher and get the use of a room in the school. (It will be so helpful if they give you a cabinet or shelf to store your supplies so you don't have to carry a lot to every meeting.)
After you've found your location you'll need to recruit members. Have you seen the Resources yet? I suggest you look at the KAS on a page flyer. It has all the most important facts about the knit-a-square project.
You can do some fundraisers, and get your administration to help, to raise money for postage. First, you need to get members and knit squares. If you know how to knit you're ready to go. If not, you need to find a person to help with the knitting skills or get a hold of a really good DVD. I highly, highly, highly recommend Lucy Neatby's Brand New Knitter. Perhaps your school library can buy a copy or 2?
As for yarn and needles your best bet is to try a http://www.freecycle.org group in your city. I've gotten a lot of yarn for the elementary school knitting group I set up last year.
I will send a message to another forum member, Jessica, who had a very successful knitting group in her university. I'm sure she'd be very helpful to you.
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We run a challenge each month. For the next three months it is all about squares. We have a grand total of 55,900 squares we are trying to achieve and would love you to participate.
Don't forget to post photographs of your work. We have an awesome gallery of the work of the KAS community which is really inspiring.
Did you receive the latest ezine? If not you can view it here: http://www.knit-a-square.com/Square_Circle-backissues.html. Follow the blog: www.allfororphans.com for a different perspective on why we need to look out for these children. And for precise details about the project, visit www.knit-a-square.com
Some of our members further support KAS by making a small monthly donation through Paypal (top left hand corner). This is invaluable help as it ensures we can continue to ensure that your work is speedily distributed to the most needy children in South Africa. We are deeply grateful for any donation we receive, be it monetary or squares to help the orphans. Thank you.
If you have any problems using the forum, please don't hesitate to contact your friendly moderators, listed below.
Sandy, Anne, Dawne, Elizabeth, Erin, Jeanne, Kalai, Kyla and Rona
Glad you have Joined KAS!
I helped start a knitting group at my college. We worked with Debbie Posmontier and her group of 3rd and 4th graders, to make squares for KAS. If you need any help looking for ideas on how to start a group at you school, please feel free to msg me.
Good luck and Happy Knitting!
I love the idea of starting a high school group. I have lots of ideas. The first thing you probably need to do is get the support of a teacher and get the use of a room in the school. (It will be so helpful if they give you a cabinet or shelf to store your supplies so you don't have to carry a lot to every meeting.)
After you've found your location you'll need to recruit members. Have you seen the Resources yet? I suggest you look at the KAS on a page flyer. It has all the most important facts about the knit-a-square project.
http://www.knit-a-square.com/support-files/kas-on-a-page.pdf
You can do some fundraisers, and get your administration to help, to raise money for postage. First, you need to get members and knit squares. If you know how to knit you're ready to go. If not, you need to find a person to help with the knitting skills or get a hold of a really good DVD. I highly, highly, highly recommend Lucy Neatby's Brand New Knitter. Perhaps your school library can buy a copy or 2?
As for yarn and needles your best bet is to try a http://www.freecycle.org group in your city. I've gotten a lot of yarn for the elementary school knitting group I set up last year.
I will send a message to another forum member, Jessica, who had a very successful knitting group in her university. I'm sure she'd be very helpful to you.
Any other specific questions, just ask.
Have you introduced yourself yet? Feel free to add a discussion on this page:
http://square-circle-forum.ning.com/forum/categories/meeting-you/li...
:)
dawne