Virtual blanket donation
Great idea to wish Happy Christmas to very special people! Have chosen seven squares with special(to me) nos., one of them for my mum who taught me to knit when I was very young(a very long time ago!xx
Read more…Great idea to wish Happy Christmas to very special people! Have chosen seven squares with special(to me) nos., one of them for my mum who taught me to knit when I was very young(a very long time ago!xx
Read more…On Friday October 25, Athele loaded up her little blue car with the help and Mandy and got ready to drive to Pietermaritzburg, Kua Zulu-Natal 499 KM/320 miles, to the southeast of Randburg where the KAS Barn is located. Her fiance joined her on thi
Read more…Themba, our faithful right hand man, made another heart-touching distribution in October. Just look at how gentle he is with the small children.
Thank you Themba!
This last photo has a little bit of double exposure, but this child is so precious w
Read more…In September 2019, Viviene had a wonderful distribution to a large day care center. This day care had six different classes.
Read more…Here are some more beautiful children receiving warm blankets in a distribution by Nani.
Thank you Nani.
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Read more…I am delighted to host another KAS theme and there is something for everyone in this month's topic, Whatever your level of skill or preference (picture squares or colour inspired), Let your imagination run riot with your choice of yarn, stitch
Read more…Hi Friends!
Wandi recently went to Delmas, 77 km away from the Barn to make two special deliveries.
We hope you enjoy her photos.
Read more…Athele is on the road again with a loving distribution to the Pafuri region in northeastern South Africa.
She is graciously being sponsored by one of our groups in the UK.
All these entries come from her journaling on Facebook. We hope you enjoy h
Read more…On August 7 KAS collected more that 7000 squares from St Stithians Girls' Preparatory School. Here is Estelle's account:
This morning Ronda, Liz and I collected over 7000 squares from St Stithians Girls’ Preparatory School. The knitting and crocheti
Read more…Here are some very touching photos from a recent distribution by Themba. Themba has many roles for KAS; taxi driver for getting ladies to the barn on Tuesday, mail pick up person on Mondays, escort for distributions and now he is making distribution
Read more…This month KAS is looking to the skies for inspiration for our squares, blankets, hand-warmers, beanies and cuddly soft toys.
Planets, stars, the sun,
the moon, rainbows,
clouds, and anything in the sky.
Then there is the Zodiac.
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Read more…In August Nani and Wandi distributed blankets to some amazing children.
Wandi went to Pretoria, about 60 km away.
Chris Chiplen's Piglet blanket and Heather Mensah's Owl blanekt.
Marion Davies' marvelous square.
Judith Sullivan's Butterfly.
Read more…Please note: If you click on a bold title, in most cases, it will take you to that discussion.
NEWS FROM THE BARN
We recently had some packages arrive with declared values greater than $1 on them. The Post Office in South Africa places a duty on
Read more…Yvonne's first distribution of blankets for KAS was in August 2019. She went to Alexandra, 20 kilometers away, to a daycare with darling children. They were all so excited to receive their KAS package. Thank you Yvonne for these fantastic photos.
Read more…July was a busy month for KAS and we had multiple distributions.
Sadly, we don't always have a verbal story for the distributions, but thankfully, we receive lots of photos from these distributions.
These first photos show a distribution from Wandi.
Read more…If you wish to add a pattern for a hat you have made, please insert it at the end of this discussion and include a photo with the pattern.
We ask that you do not just include links to patterns online that you have not actually tried.
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Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm he had a
Cow, Sheep, Pig Horse, Dog, Chicken, Duck and Rabbit.........
And on that farm he grew some
Corn, Apples, Carrots, Cabbages, Strawberries, Watermelons.........
Read more…This from Alice Latha who we met in July during the Monontsha distribution:
Dear Knit a square I would love to Thank you so much, we made it again with Mabel. We managed to dress another 100 kids in Zamdela, (Free State) last weekend. Most of childre
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