2024 BARN ACTIVITIES

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- Karen Gordon > Amy June 6, 2024 at 9:16am
  
  Thank you folks. I love seeing this part of the process. Volunteers opening + sorting always look so happy. Thanks especially for pointing mine out Estelle ⭐
Amy June 2, 2024 at 7:41am

This is from Ronda dated May 30...

What a CHILLY start to the morning

But we were soon discarding pullovers as the busy work started and we went from to in no time !

Wandi x 2 went off to Thembisa to distribute a large number of blankets - over 100 !

Off we go … couldn’t leave the carrot cake behind.

Little darlings … just love seeing them wrapped up on a chilly day !

Love donating these posters … the children love them and we have an endless supply.

Loving the soft cuddly toys.

A busy barn is a happy one … we have a GOOD pile of post right now, and as you will see from the pics, the pile hardly seemed to reduce despite the fact that Lindi, Viv and I got stuck in and opened parcels while the 2 Wandi’s were out and about !

Parcels at the start of the day…

Parcels still to open at the end of the day.

From Catherine … a friend of Val Z in France.

Gorgeous pile of 17 blankets received (PHEW ) from Susanne L in Australia - at last.

Just beautiful … worth waiting for, Susanne.

These beautiful squares from Bev J in Aus.

… along with the most charming cuddly toys.

Wandi stitched these beautiful Amy squares together !

Tea break !!

I will not be in the barn next Thursday 6th - taking a quick trip to Cape Town to visit the family.
- Karen Gordon > Amy June 3, 2024 at 12:28am
  
  Oh my!!!! This newsy post is great. Thanks for the photos and written coverage. Getting over 100 blankets distributed is fantastic, made even better so for us to enjoy seeing the grateful children. All that colour is a feast for the eyes. Seeing so much mail has arrived for opening is great too - I must give Auntie Nellie a call to let her know so much is going on right now....
- Bev Jeffery > Amy June 2, 2024 at 1:58pm
  
  LOVE the top blanket of Susanne's!!.....and Amy's newly stitched blanket; the yellow/gold really makes the blanket pop!!
  
  A SUPER selection from Catherine!
  
  SO thrilled that the three parcels I sent in April/May have arrived. (Estelle has two of them)
  
  I would like to say it cleared up space on hubby's side of the bedroom, but then I went yarn and toy shopping and it looks as bad as before.
  - Karen Gordon > Bev Jeffery June 3, 2024 at 12:20am
    
    How I lol'd Bev - this is always the case with me when I've packed a parcel or 2, it's like things multiply behind your back!
Amy May 24, 2024 at 1:38am

From Estelle on May 21...

Great excitement to unpack Cathy Riley's shipment from Liverpool. Once again 13 boxes arrived in excellent condition from BRITANNIA thank you Peter. There were Cath’s signature squares about 1750 plus her beautiful blankets, toys ,hand warmers and beanies, baby and prem babies clothes….and hundreds of squares collected from various church knitting circles. Many,many thanks from all of us at KNIT-A-SQUARE.

Before I started unpacking….

And after…Elaine where on earth are you going to put that box?

The piles keep on growing and we still have unopened bags. Elaine, Estelle and Liz

Thanks for remembering Christmas Cath.

These were made by Cath’s friend Margaret Bloor who sadly passed away recently. Margaret has sent hundreds of sets of hand warmers to KNIT A SQUARE in Cath’s boxes over the years. Many thanks to Margaret’s daughter and family for delivering them in time for the shipment.

It was lovely to have Ronda join us this morning and we even had time to chat. Needless to say there was no need for new post.

Elaine, Ronda and Liz

So pleased I remembered to get a pic of your visit, thanks for collecting all the bags.

All packed and ready to go to Kempton Park.
Thanks ladies that was one productive day!

We missed Audrey and Sheldon.

Some of the blankets from today...you can find all of them in the Blanket Room soon.

Stocker my gardener was delighted to be ‘model of the day’ yesterday as I wanted to pack all the completed blankets for Kempton Park.
This is from Cath…

I was privileged to join these squares as this is Cath’s 800th blanket for KNIT-A - SQUARE.

What an achievement - you are one amazing, generous lady Cathy Riley.

Gorgeous Tienie outdid herself knitting these beautiful squares.

Squares from Antoinette’s team I do like Elaine’s there.

Now we’re on to Liz’s blankets. More beautiful squares from Tienie. Sadly this is the last bunny motive Liz had.

From Audrey, anyone want to claim that cute little cate?

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- Karen Gordon > Amy May 24, 2024 at 2:04am
  
  Oh my goodness what amazing photos to show your incredibly busy looking session. There are some amazing colours and stitch ideas throughout all of the completed blankets. You can see the love + dedication in bucketfuls. Thank you I'm so humbled that you share so much with us, K xx ♥️✔️
Anne Marie Morse May 19, 2024 at 5:58pm

The odd-sized squares with the pattern are mine! I think it will all make sense if you lay the squares (and rectangles) out like the chart shows. I hope this is better than just sending you my 9"x9" squares and my 7"x7" squares (which I made into 9"x9" squares by adding on to two sides).
- Amy > Anne Marie Morse May 19, 2024 at 11:11pm
  
  Thank you for providing the chart and labeling everything.
  
  In the past they always were able to complete my charts when I sent one. Hoping we can see the completed project in The Blanket Room soon.
Amy May 18, 2024 at 6:57am

News from the Barn on May 16...

The KASbarn was a real hive of activity this week with the owners of FOUR crèches in the Orange Farm area coming all the way to collect blankets etc. for their children.

Plus … 30 blankets to pack up for collection at home for young children with special needs in the South of Johannesburg.

3 bags x 10 blankets waiting at home for collection by Richard.

A total of 131 blankets out of the barn in one day … with love.

Orange farm ladies.

Loading up … for 3 other crèches in Orange Farm.

These ladies were SO excited and drove such a great distance on behalf of their children. We applaud their efforts !

Aptly named “Pretty” with part of her allocation of 30 blankets etc. for her Orange Farm pre-school.

One of the distributions awaiting collection!

The blanket cake (including 63 from Portia Gogo group) … we were just too exhausted to take the pics !

A visit from Portia with her Gogo group blankets … and her husband Michael off to load the car with 7 more bags of squares!

Yay - we had post this week !! To be completed next Thursday.

… shelves emptying ! 120 of these will go out on 30th May with Wandi.

Beautiful squares of all sizes which came with the “pattern” for sewing together …

Viv has bravely taken this challenging job home to complete!

A wonderful pile of squares from Reddam school (community service hours challenge).

Norma has the flu … a nasty bug flying around at present !

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