This month the Square Heart Award goes to
Andrea Palmatier (Canada)
Andrea has been an active member since 2009.
With her talent and skill with a crochet hook, Andrea has created many beautiful squares and garments for the children of South Africa.
Read more…You might ask yourself: "what is a variegated square?" A variegated square is a square made from variegated yarn and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, has the following explanation:
"Variegated yarn is yarn dyed with more than one colour. It can prod
Read more…I am still trying to learn the best ways of posting information on the site, and hope I am now doing it correctly. If not, many apologies to everyone! Over the weekend I made a little video about how I strengthen the edges of loom knit squares, and
Read more…In the book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss, the Grinch stole Christmas from the people of Who-ville.
In South Africa, disease and poverty stole childhood from millions of children.
Can we displace the Grinch in a child’s lif
Read more…The Postal Strike is over and now the work begins !
April was an extremely busy month for the South African team. They have been working very hard to clear the backlog caused by the strike. Please be patient if your name does not appear on this
Read more…Christmas already !
Yes, KASFolk, it is time to think about Christmas.
There is a popular song in North America called:
All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth.
For a child in South Africa, perhaps we c
Read more…Hello dear friends! I am so excited to share with you a recent email I received from Ronda.....it brought tears to my eyes reading it and I felt so privledged to receive it. As I was reading it to my mom, she said she wanted to start paying for som
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After our very successful flag-waving in April, we now invite you to the peace of your garden and whole different colour pallette.
Our theme "Pick It From the Garden in May" is a chance for us to let our imaginations run wild.
For those of us in
Read more…http://newstitchaday.com/january-afghan-knit-a-long-square/
I have just found this link on Ravelry and it looks like a good source of new stitch and square patterns, both knitting and crochet.Although the squares are 12" I am sure we resourceful Kasf
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My name is Lucy (Lu to everybody), i'm 23 and have been knitting on and off since i was 6/7 (more off then on at the mo). I remember watching my nan make blankets and hats for my cousins when they were newborns, and was fascinated by it, so
Read more…Hi everyone! Here's our idea for the September challenge, courtesy of Jeanne:
"Fruit colored hats", that would include reds for strawberries and raspberries, blues for blueberries, black/blues/purples for blackberries, pinks, greens and whites for w
Read more…Wow, what fantastic discussions everyone about the September challenge. I have included everything that was possible in the challenge, including your requests for it to go beyond one month. There are also many options to become involved in, so no one
Read more…Hello KASers...
Wow! Busy times!. Ronda was in Cape Town last week, as most of you know, having a well-deserved break. She spent lots of time with Sian, my sister (her OTHER daughter) and her little ones (Luca, 3, Gemma, 1 and another little gir
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