2024 BARN ACTIVITIES

Amy February 14, 2024 at 10:06am

News from Estelle...

Today, February 13, was all about receiving beautiful blankets, toys and squares for the vulnerable children of South Africa.

Antoinette your team are amazing and have inspired us to start collecting Christmas toys.

Thank you Ronda for arranging for Bernard to meet me at the Post Office yesterday. We were all thrilled to have parcels to open this morning and once again grateful and amazed to see the cutest toys and incredible hand work our contributors have sent to KNIT A SQUARE.

A fun parcel from Karla from The Czech Republic. They’re gorgeous.

The dearest little shoes from Crochet Care students from Texas.

The softest baby toys also from Crochet Care.

A stunning blanket and these gorgeous toys from Maria Gehlen from The Netherlands.

The softest puppies from Patricia Zimmerman and jewel coloured squares which are ever so neat as well as a scarf.

A blanket was included in Karla’s parcel - lovely design Karla!

The following 3 are from Antoinette’s team.

We welcomed Ronda who popped in to collect all the loot we unpacked today and Ana Forssman with her 35 blankets. Unfortunately we ran out of time to photograph yours Ana but I’m sure Wandi 2 and the ladies will do them for us.

Karla Bystrianská > Amy February 23, 2024 at 1:31am

It´s great! I can see not only a blanket I made but also fun animal squares. A lot of thanks to all of you.
Karen Gordon > Amy February 14, 2024 at 10:56am

Oh Thank you so much for sharing these bountiful offerings. I've devoured the detail in each picture a few times. Such generosity, imagination + terrific use of textures and colour ⭐

Amy February 8, 2024 at 9:46am

New Opening Day in the KAS Barn. Our volunteers will now be meeting on Thursdays.

Here is the news from Ronda:

Love from the KASbarn … now holding volunteer days every Thursday, no longer on a Tuesday.

We had a small pile of post to open and were also very happy to receive delivery of 10 big boxes from Knit for Life UK - a GREAT treat.

Looking forward to delving into the boxes next week !

We are all sweltering in a highveld heatwave,so thankful for our big, noisy fan in the barn !

Welcome to Kathy who came in to volunteer this morning for the first time … and seemed to enjoy herself !

Kathy with a lovely Diane B blanket.

Kathy wrestling with a well-taped box.

Lovely items.

… such lovely colours.

Wandi 2 - full of mischief!

Wandi 2 is young enough not to suffer vertigo like the rest of us.

He and Wandi are restocking the shelves.

Blanket pack collection - 4 bags going to Chiawelo Gogo group next Thursday.

Enjoying being a volunteer these days.

Love this view.

Love and thanks to ALL our amazing supporters

Diane Burns > Amy February 10, 2024 at 6:16am

Great photos, so good to see the shelves stacked high and so happy to see Kathy holding my blanket.

Double celebration for me, just had an email from Sandra Pillay at MNCP to say a parcel containing a blanket, beanies and handwarmers posted 8th June, 2020 has just been received!!! The parcel was in a bit of a state.....but glad to know it has arrived. Sadly though another parcel with some of my granddaughter's clothes posted March 2020 still hasn't arrived.

Amy February 1, 2024 at 7:35am

From Estelle...

If it was Tuesday it must have been KAS day sitting around the same table enjoying lovely Carrot cake from Audrey and Sheldon….thank you.

As there was no new post to open we raided the Gogos bag so that Liz and Audrey could go home with a couple of bundles.

Cathy Riley, I found this photo of Britannia boxes that contained many hundreds of hand warmers made by your dear friend Margaret Bloor. Each shipment you sent to KNIT-A-SQUARE contained at least 100 pairs of hand warmers made by her…you will miss her Cath.

Our Show and Tell today includes blankets made from contributors who have supported KAS for many years and Andreja Jagacic it’s time for a happy dance Your box arrived from Croatia, with our last post so we kept your lovely blankets to post today.

The following 6 blankets are from Croatia well done to your team

Andreja. This is such a beautiful blanket.

Ada Breeuwer from The Netherlands her gorgeous trucks will delight any little chap.

Amy's lighthouse crab beautifully stitched together by Liz.

All the pinks…one for a girl.

And one for boy.

A fabulous blanket from Liz put together with fantastic large and heart squares from Karla from The Czech Republic.

Another Karla/ Liz blanket the large square from Karla with a 3D mouse?

Karla Liz loved all your matching hearts to stitch onto this blanket.

Beautiful squares from Avenli Jolynn Pek from the USA.

Now for Sheldon shows off his Nans lovely blankets.

I finally finished our bush blanket Cathy.
Thanks once again for all your help Sheldon.

Karla Bystrianská > Amy February 23, 2024 at 1:25am

Thanks to Liz I can see my squares in beautiful blankets. No, it isn´t a 3D mouse but it should be a grazing lamb /it´s a bit lazy and don´t want to stand upright.

Amy January 31, 2024 at 2:47am

Here are photos from The Barn on January 30, our last Tuesday in the Barn. Starting next week, February 8, opening day will be on Thursdays.

Our shelves are groaning with a bounty of colorful blankets.

Wandi with an amazing creation. Does anyone recognized their squares?

Vivienne created this wonderful blankets from stripey stripes.

Just look at that amazing border!

Norma has been busy filling up an IKEA bag. Well done.

Wandi searching for yarn to send to the gogos for borders on blankets.

Handyman Peter has rehung our sign...somehow it fell off the wall during the holiday break.

The tables are filled with sorted items.

Our volunteers are waiting for post as there seems to be a delay in getting parcels.

Amy January 23, 2024 at 9:51am

A very happy report from Ronda in The Barn.

It was a joyful, productive day in the KASbarn today … we were all delighted to have Estelle in our midst ! She arrived with a car loaded to capacity with blankets, beanies, hand warmers and soft toys - the proceeds of several “opening” days in Bryanston in the last while.

Audrey and Liz had sewn together around 40 beautiful blankets … and there were some glorious blankets from Sunelle, still faithfully working on her stunning creations for KAS despite having moved to the Cape !

Stelle with her welcome “delivery”!!

Such a lovely blanket from Wendy Hinson in Australia.

Our blanket “cake” rising once more …

Happy ladies … doing what we all enjoy which is opening your wonderful parcels!!

Lindi and Wandi

Such lovely soft teddies from Sally Paterson … these will be used as “comfort bears” to encourage

any child who is sad or struggling through something … like a “floating trophy” at carer’s discretion.

Several parcels arrived from an overseas school - we did laugh at these attempts to “re-size” squares ! But won’t be using these.

Viv with two “faceless” soft toys, but with yarn provided she will give them features - look forward to “meeting” them next week !!!

Best surprise … a visit to the Barn by my darling daughter, Erin.

Shelves filling up SO fast - how amazing ?
Thank you to all our generous contributors, hardworking volunteers and talented Gogo groups / sewing friends!

Wandi’s “stash” for the week.

Please be advised everyone … our KASbarn opening day is being moved to a THURSDAY from 8th February 2024.

This will free up both Norma and myself to attend the “Bryanston group” opening days as there will no longer be a Tuesday clash … and several other situations will “click” into place more readily too!!

Happy days

Karen Gordon > Amy January 24, 2024 at 1:01am

Thank you - I spotted a couple of my completed blankets - always a thrill. Keep up the good work folks XX

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