Andria's Page

Hi, Andria! Thanks for getting back to me!

I think the idea of trying crocheting is a fabulous one! I'm new to both knitting and crocheting and thought the latter insurmountable. Then I tried the tutorial on crocheting on the Lands End website - it was SUPER clear. That helped me with straight-line crocheting and soon I was churning out squares faster than ever. (I may be wrong, but I think crocheting produces squares more rapidly than knitting.) Here's that link: http://www.landsend.com/feelgood/#

Go to the videos section on that welcome page and select the crochet video.

However, I kept seeing all these beautiful, colorful granny squares on the KAS website and couldn't start a granny for ANYTHING till I visited the step-by-step NON-video tutorials on the Little Tin Bird blog at the recommendation of a KAS member. At last it all made sense and I've been churning out the grannies ever since. It's so much fun! Here's the link: http://www.littletinbird.co.uk/?page_id=403

Hello Andria and welcome to our KAS community. Sorry for the delay!

Thank you for joining us and for your contributions to the orphaned and vulnerable children.

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 you 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.

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Thanks for inviting me, I have lots to learn and this seems like a great place to not only learn but to be able to donate my time to a wonderful cause.

Oh, and...

P.S. I have a sister named Andrea (with an "e") who is doing mission work in Africa.

Hey, Andria --

Thanks for "friending" me. I've enjoyed your posts up to now, so it's great to get to "meet" you in person!

I live in a suburb of Philadelphia called Radnor, not far from Villanova University, if you've ever heard of that! :-D

I'm new to knitting, even newer to crocheting, and very excited about producing a square a day. Finished today's, by the way.

But what I'm most working on this week is actually sending the squares to Soweto! Wish me luck!

Donna

Wow! All those squares and a hat! Bravo. And yes, hats are addictive! Do you have a favourite pattern or do you like to take a simpler hat and use lots of colour?