Welcome to our KAS community of over 5,000 folk, who lovingly send 8” squares to make hand-made blankets for the South African AIDS orphans.
Please click here to visit the official knit-a-square site for details of this charitable project, what to knit & crochet and how to send your contributions, thank you.
To : DAWSON, Wisconsin, USA who joined KAS at 15 and has contributed to nearly 200 discussions in the past two years - not quite so often these days as he needs to focus on his school work! He taught himself crochet in order to help KAS and has posted 34 photos of vibrant squares, some of which must have been very challenging. By March 2011 he had made over 250 squares, but hadn't been able to afford the postage. Thankfully one local family heard of this situation and gave him $80 which soon sent 170 sqs on route, and, in June his school PTA enabled another 113 sqs. In addition, Dawson has provided a flow of ideas, posted flyers in local craft stores and generally spreading-the-word, plus he created the Square-A-Day Group which has 27 members! At school he encouraged the Leo's Club to start a knitting section and their first challenge is to try and get some retirement homes interested in working for KAS. For one so young he has consistently shown support for KAS and groups who work for world hunger projects. He is a credit not only to his family, but to our global knitting family too!
HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE KAS COMMUNITY.
Thank you for joining us and for your contributions to the orphaned and vulnerable children.
All the information regarding squares and where to send them you will find on our official website: www.knit-a-square.com
To benefit from your membership, you should visit our guidelines: http://forum.knit-a-square.com/forum/categories/forum-guidelines/listForCategory, and to introduce yourself in ‘Meeting You!’ http://forum.knit-a-square.com/forum/categories/meeting-you/listForCategory
Here is a post that will touch your heart: http://forum.knit-a-square.com/forum/topics/thank-you-kas-from-the-bottom You may also like to start your own personal blog in which you can post your news, views and family stories and photos. http://forum.knit-a-square.com/forum/categories/members-personal-blogs/listForCategory
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, Rona and Pam A.
January 2011 is starting off with a creative bang! Thank you Mary Lokken for this fabulous, stash-bustin' crochet pattern.
Please visit All for Orphans to download and print this pattern in .pdf form.…
ContinueCreated by Dawne Smith-Sliming Jan 9, 2011 at 2:44pm. Last updated by Dawne Smith-Sliming Jan 9, 2011.
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