"Sorry Gill - just spotted a typo! It should read Bryanston 2021 in the address."
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8" squares ? easy peasy !!
Started this discussion. Last reply by jen phillips Jan 11, 2010. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Hi everyone who offered me advice - my very first 8" square is complete !! Megachunky wool, size 5 needles, job done, couldnt have done it without you thankyou so much.
I need help please
Started this discussion. Last reply by Donna Overton Jan 10, 2010. 11 Replies 0 Likes
Help - I'm a very new member, just knitting my first contribution and cannot achieve the 8" square, I've been knitting for over forty years so I'm no beginner but casting on 32 stitches doesn't give…Continue
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Diane McTigue left a comment for Gill"Hi Gill - re your message regarding postage - there is no central collection point as Elaine mentioned below. The best way to send your items is by surface mail. Items under 2kg in weight and with dimensions of less than 90 cm can be sent this way.…"
Elaine Jones left a comment for Gill"Hi Gill and welcome. You seem to have prompted masses of correspondence in just a few days - sorry it took me so long to find you!! KAS is only just over a year old and, whilst membership is increasing all the time, there are still too few of us in…"
Kalai McDonald left a comment for Gill"Hi Gill
Welcome to our warm KAS community. It's great to see you. We hope you will enjoy the forum and your region's group. You should join the UK group!
There are lots of great discussions going on in the forum, including the monthly…"
jen phillips replied to Gill's discussion 8" squares ? easy peasy !!"Well done ! I hope you become as addicted as the rest of us. I started off with very plain squares, mostly just garter stitch, but have become a little more adventurous with time. Still not in the same league as some of the really talented knitters,…"
Donna Overton replied to Gill's discussion I need help please"Welcome Jill, I surely haven't knitted for as many years as you have and I sure had a hard time getting it to the 8" mark also but with trial and error I finally got it with yarn I use alot. I believe the above women answered your question…"
Gill replied to Gill's discussion I need help please"Thankyou so much all of you for your support, I've received so many helpful tips in a matter of hours !! I'll persevere until I find the correct gauge for both needles AND wool, didn't occur to me that I would have to do that I just…"
Gill replied to Gill's discussion I need help please"Thankyou so much all of you for your support, I've received so many helpful tips in a matter of hours !! I'll persevere until I find the correct gauge for both needles AND wool, didn't occur to me that I would have to do that I just…"
Gill replied to Gill's discussion I need help please"Thankyou so much all of you for your support, I've received so many helpful tips in a matter of hours !! I'll persevere until I find the correct gauge for both needles AND wool, didn't occur to me that I would have to do that I just…"
Gill replied to Gill's discussion I need help please"Thankyou so much all of you for your support, I've received so many helpful tips in a matter of hours !! I'll persevere until I find the correct gauge for both needles AND wool, didn't occur to me that I would have to do that I just…"
Gill replied to Gill's discussion I need help please"Thankyou so much for your support, I've received so many helpful tips in a matter of hours !! I'll persevere until I find the correct gauge for both needles AND wool, didn't occur to me that I would have to do that I just blindly…"
Diane McTigue replied to Gill's discussion I need help please"Hi Gill
As Leslie mentioned below, one of the easiest ways to end up with an 8" square is to do a diagonal square.
Cast on 3 stitches, knit 1 row
next row k1, yo , knit to last stitch, yo, k1.
next row knit - knit into the back of the yarn…"
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- At 9:06am on January 14, 2010, Diane McTigue said…
- Sorry Gill - just spotted a typo! It should read Bryanston 2021 in the address.
- At 9:05am on January 14, 2010, Diane McTigue said…
- Hi Gill - re your message regarding postage - there is no central collection point as Elaine mentioned below. The best way to send your items is by surface mail. Items under 2kg in weight and with dimensions of less than 90 cm can be sent this way. Its a lot cheaper than air mail and takes between 4 and 8 weeks. This is a long term project so speed of delivery is not important. Just to give you an idea, my last parcel weighed 0.957kg and cost £6.42 to post.
All items go to the same address
Knit-a-Square
Soweto Comfort Club
Private Bag X900
Bryanston 2012
South Africa
Please mark you parcel - Knitting for Charity, No commercial value. You'll have to fill in a customs form but just put the value as £1.00 - this is to try and prevent duty being charged in South Africa.
Hope that helps - any more questions, please ask. Really glad that you found us!
- At 3:07am on January 14, 2010, Elaine Jones said…
- Hi Gill and welcome. You seem to have prompted masses of correspondence in just a few days - sorry it took me so long to find you!! KAS is only just over a year old and, whilst membership is increasing all the time, there are still too few of us in the UK and we are spread all over the country so it's probably not practical at the moment to have a central collection point. Also, there is no central fundraising in the UK so the postage costs would be something of an issue. If you take a trip around the forum you will see that some members are brilliant at raising funds in all sorts of imaginative ways - I just scrape my pennies together and send parcels as and when I can! Good to have you on board.
- At 3:13pm on January 13, 2010, Kalai McDonald said…
- Hi Gill
Welcome to our warm KAS community. It's great to see you. We hope you will enjoy the forum and your region's group. You should join the UK group!
There are lots of great discussions going on in the forum, including the monthly challenges.
We have a challenge every month, if you want to get involved please do. It's not compulsory at all but some of the work done is just lovely. Have a look at the November challenge - the SLIP-OVER (under challenges in the main forum) this will give you an idea of some of the fantastic work this community is doing for the children of South Africa. Here is a link to the November challenge photos:
http://forum.knit-a-square.com/photo/albums/slipover-variations
Did you receive the latest ezine? If not you can view it here:
http://www.knit-a-square.com/Square_Circle-backissues.html
Thanks so much for your contribution already, look forward to being in contact soon.
Happy Knitting!
Kalai & Sandy
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