Brenda Ash's Page

there are many of us on line everyday so just get on the form and ask away.
Alot of us seem to be getting on the yarnaholic site it seems lately. Do you know how to get to the different forums??

Hi Brenda,
I live in Sherwood, so not so far! my husband grew up in Beeston, and some family still live there.

Excellent Brenda, lovely to have you. I look forward to hearing from you in the future.

Hello Brenda and welcome to our KAS community.

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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Hi Brenda, funnily enough it's not me in any of the photos. I hate getting my picture taken.
The round thing is a hat loom. Sort of like a very big knitting nancy or french knitting bobbin. You wind the yarn round 3 times then bring the loops over the pegs. Really easy to use. When you have made enough length, you just theread the yarn tail through all the remaining loops and pull tight then sew it in securely. I really don't knit much - I don't enjoy it. Give me a hat loom or crochet hook any day.
Looms are available on the internet. You can also get them from HobbyCraft. Don't know if you are near one of those.
Please do ask any questions you like even if they seem silly. I only learnt to crochet last August and joined the forum in September. Since then it has grown so much that it must be difficult to navigate. Always plenty of us on hand to help though.
Best wishes
Jeni

Hi Brenda, the totals are for fun and motivation. No one has to tally what they do.

For those very organised people on the forum:

You can add your relevant tally to the current challenge, this can be found in the challenges folder on the main forum. Right now we are counting down on 55,900 squares.

You can add your efforts to a tally for your country if they run one. It's nice to see that we are making a great contribution together.

You can add your tally to the main forum count. Now that KAS has been going for a little longer, it helps to see how much more productive we are becoming.

Many people don't ever add to the tallies, sometimes you might just forget. It isn't a competition but it is nice to see our totals rising so please take part if you want to. But really - no pressure.
Jeni
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