Every year, an annual subscription fee is paid to Weebly, the company that hosts our KAS Shop. This also includes a domain name fee so that we can own knit-a-square-southafrica.com. The total amount is $334.90 US.
Due to the shuffle with, and updat
Read more…The Knit-a-square program has inspired volunteers in more than 60 countries to knit and crochet more than 1.5 million blanket squares, hats, hand-warmers and toys. Your efforts are helping to keep the children warm but to keep this operation running
Read more…Athele and Estelle made one last distribution at Botshabelo, Magaliesberg, before the Holiday break and brought lots of cheer to very deserving children.
This distribution was Christmas themed and you will see squares and blanket that have been coll
Read more…A week ago I was surprised that my garage door wasn't closing. When I looked, there was my parcel of 250 squares, my Covid lock-down production, posted more that 13 months before, on 10 January 2022!
The only clue about what had happened was an Aust
Read more…35 SQUARES MAKE A BLANKET
FUNDRAISING IDEA
Recently a booklet of knitting patterns for 8" squares became available for FREE download in our KAS Shop.
I am challenging myself to make one of every pattern by 2022 (17 weeks away!). Many of the 35 des
Read more…Every year, an annual subscription fee is paid to Weebly, the company that hosts our KAS Shop. This also includes a domain name fee so that we can own knit-a-square-southafrica.com. The total amount is $334.90 US.
Are you able to help cover this cost
Read more…There is a current security problem with UK post being mailed abroad, this is down to a cyber incident apparently- please click this link to read more...........
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64231473
Read more…The KAS Shop is an integral part of keeping KAS alive to provide help for the children in South Africa. The funds raised through purchases from the KAS Shop are greatly needed to help cover expenses such as The Barn rent, the postal collection cha
Read more…I've just been reading about the looting and riots in South Africa. I was born in Pietermartizburg and left in 1977 with my parents but I still feel strongly connected to SA.
Obviously I support KAS, my parents bless them support students at Durban U
Read more…Anyone else here from the US and being told we are not allowed to ship to South Africa? I just finished a pile of squares I want to send but the US postal service says they won’t ship it there I guess because of the pandemic.
Read more…The Knit-a-square program has inspired volunteers in more than 60 countries to knit and crochet more than 1.5 million blanket squares, hats, hand-warmers and toys. Your efforts are helping to keep the children warm but to keep this operation runni
MNCP is a KAS Connects Partner. Often times we work with other organizations to help us distribute KAS items. This year, more than ever we have worked closely with some of these organizations.
Here is the Forum link to the KAS Connects discussion:
Read more…Hi everyone. Im new to KAS and knitting. Please can you tell me whether I should wash my squares before sending? Many thanks! Laura
Read more…This from Estelle:
Ronda got a call from Pearl this morning, July 9, who was appealing for blankets for her charity at Kya Sands. They met at the KASbarn at 12:00 and Ronda, who is surrounded by packing boxes at the moment, and Pearl managed to pac
Read more…I would like to confirm that my monthly donation of USD25 is being received.
Read more…Are you accepting parcels again? I’ve almost completed 35 squares and a couple of soft toys.
Pam
Read more…Amy and I have heard from Ronda about the ongoing struggle that vulnerable South Africans are facing.
The South African 24-hour-a-day lockdown means that you can only go to the local grocery stores, doctor, hospital, pharmacy or bank when absolutely
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