2024 BARN ACTIVITIES

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 !

Karen Gordon > Amy May 18, 2024 at 10:54pm

Yes folks this is all great news...... Lots + lots of makes moving along nicely. I see 2 if not 3 of my parcels amongst that pile of mail, happy dance x. Thank you to everyone involved in getting these updates to us xx
Bev Jeffery > Amy May 18, 2024 at 1:38pm

I think my two parcels sent in early April may now be at their post office, after spending about a month in Johannesburg. Sent another one last week.

Wow! Distributions and collections galore....good on you all. xo

Amy May 10, 2024 at 7:30am

We have a newsy report from Ronda, May 10...

The KASbarn was a hive of activity this morning as Viv and Wandi 2 gathered 50 blankets and other items together for the distribution.

All bags labeled and sellotaped securely, “comfort bear” chosen (see pics) … weekly prayers said and … off they went !

Happy to see Norma after the flu bug decided to let up ! There’s so much around at the moment we have decided to wear masks in the Barn from next week if there’s the slightest sniffle.

Three large parcels from Czech Republic … around 1400 squares in total- thank YOU !

Jan and Salli joined us today to help opening parcels, also to pack up items for 3 crèches in the Orange Farm area, to be collected 16th May.

Jan and Salli wrestling one of the C-R parcels.

Small blanket cake … pics next week.

Packing for Orange Farm …

… ready to go.

May 16, that’s a special date … reminding me that KAS met Wandi Mkhwanazi on that date in 2009 at a distribution in Soweto. Lindi had joined from our first “opening day” in the lounge at Fourways in mid-January of the same year.

From 2009 - “It is also where LINDI Ngwenya was and still is a parishioner. We were introduced to Lindi by Joesphine Mhlongo. Jo helped with parcel opening for two or three months and then moved on to new pastures - but we treasure her for bringing our very special Lindi to meet us!”

Wandi LOVED KAS and joined us immediately.

15 years - well done ladies. Here is the link to the KAS history that includes these photos: https://forum.knit-a-square.com/forum/topics/the-kas-story?xg_sourc...

THE KAS STORY - Part 1

The Early Days Knit-a-Square was founded in October 2008 after a family reunion in Melbourne, Australia in June of the same year. It is based on the…

Amy May 8, 2024 at 9:13am

From Estelle on May 7...

Another glorious winter’s morning to meet for tea, cake and opening post for KNIT-A-SQUARE. We were delighted and grateful to get post to open thank you Ronda.

Elaine and Audrey...Happiness is opening parcels and bundling squares to make blankets for KNIT-A-SQUARE.

A bag of the cutest small toys from Sally Patterson.

Beautifully knitted squaress from The Rotary Club of Orkney Scotland ( left) and gorgeous ones from Carole Rawlings (right).

These were delivered to my house by Tienie…thanks for all those generous butterflies - they certainly make it easier to stitch the squares together.

I collected baby clothes and baby blankets from La vie Nouvelle.

Sally Patterson you’re a star…3 parcels from you today the following two blankets, toys and squares. Love this one.

Lovely colours, lovely blanket from Julie Martin.

One of many Audrey put together the last two weeks.

Motives all made by Elaine.

One of the blankets Liz has made this last two weeks.

These squares are from your team Antoinette Nothling.

I sized some and made some of these squares for my ever so bright blanket.

Loved doing this one….99% of Elaine’s squares thanks Elaine.

Sheldon is an extremely busy young man at the moment…missed you.

Amy May 3, 2024 at 5:45am

News and photos from The Barn on May 2. Thank you Ronda!

... from the KASbarn this morning.

Lindi sitting with a pile of squares from Elisabeth Bradley.

... me ironing the "curly" squares which we get so many of - stocking stitch and nicely made but it's difficult to put them in a blanket pack because it's impossible to size them correctly unless they are flattened a bit, first.

The shelves are emptying quite fast, so happily today's blanket cake will help replenish things.

Wandi and Vivienne building the KAS cake.

Our resident photograper...Wandi 2.

Estelle McLeod > Amy May 4, 2024 at 4:30am

Busy day at the barn - good idea to iron those curly ones.

Amy April 26, 2024 at 6:52am

From Ronda on April 25...

What a productive day it was in the KASbarn today !

Viv and Wandi 2 went out in the KASvan to collect blankets from a Gogo group, delivering more squares for sewing together, collect a LARGE supply of free distribution posters AND distribute to 70 children.

Pics to see !

Blankets for the day's distribution at Mulberry Daycare x 70

With no post to open, Wandi tidied the storage room, graded and packed beanies and the two of us sorted, bundled and bagged all the baby items, ready for collection. They will go to two clinics in Soweto and to our old friend Sr Sue … for the neonatal section at Bara and new mums in general.

Lindi and Wandi