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KasSnippets - March 2015
KasSnippets - March 2015
REPORTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
by Ronda Lowrie
KAS South Africa enjoyed another successful Hobby X and it was so encouraging to have people we met at last year’s show bringing us the squares that they had knitted to this year’s
Read more…New from Virginia
Hi Everyone!!
I thought I'd put up a quick post and introduce myself as I'm just starting to add a little more to the conversations here.
My name is Katie and I'm a 34 yr. old lady from Northern Virginia. I'm happily married to my darling and we've
Read more…KasCare finances - April to June 2014
Hi Everyone!
A full three months have passed since the last financial update, so here's the latest news! This one will be shorter than last times', because I won't be explaining each graph in as much detail. If you would like the more detailed expla
Read more…ONWARDS AND UPWARDS FOR KAS SA!
We are literally reporting to you all from beneath a mountain of mail, gorgeous blankets and all your wonderful contributions! Things have been somewhat crazy on this end what with the exciting GSK Scarves for Schools project; the Skills Development
Read more…SQUARE HEART AWARD - JANUARY 2015
SQUARE HEART AWARD
Edited by Gloria Grandy
The Square Heart Award for January 2015 is for
Our Team of Volunteers in
South Africa
It will soon be seven years ago (yes! just seven!) that a plea went out to the world for squares to be sent to South A
Read more…December 2014 Square Angel Award
SQUARE ANGEL AWARD
Edited this month by Gloria Grandy
(in cahoots with Linda Maltby and Anne Powell)
The Square Angel Award for December 2014 is for
Pam Antink - St. Albans, UK
Do you know Pam?
Of course you do! You meet her every time y
Read more…There are more than 500 women knitting for KAS in the Czech republic
WEBSITE : https://upletctverec.wordpress.com/
FACEBOOK PAGE : https://www.facebook.com/groups/596303797168730/photos/
I want to share how proud I am of all the ladies in the Czech republic (small country in the heart of Europe) who
Read more…KasSnippets - February 2015
KasSnippets - February 2015
REPORTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
by Ronda Lowrie
Wandi, Lindi, Wendy and I went to the Chiawelo Community Centre on Tuesday to collect blankets from the gogos – they had sewn together 116 blankets! We also used the opportuni
Read more…ÉCHARPES BLEU MARINE
PROJET SPECIAL !!
La société GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) a demandé à KAS de tricoter ou crocheter des écharpes pour des enfants scolarisés n’ayant pas les moyens de s’acheter une écharpe. Dans beaucoup d’écoles des quartiers pauvres, il n’y a pas de ch
Read more…FRAIS ENVOIS COLIS
J'ai fais beaucoup d’expérimentations depuis l'annonce des nouveaux tarifs de La Poste. Il est évident que le tarif kg n'est pas une option valable si on a beaucoup de choses à envoyer. Le tarif 20kg n'est non plus une option valable en raison de la
Read more…THE LITTLE TREASURES OF FINETOWN
The last distribution I reported back on was Evergreen Day Care in Finetown where we were joined by Annette and her son Luke and nephew Eric. With all the extra help that day, we were actually able to do two other distributions in Finetown.
After l
Read more…FEBRUARY 2015 THEME - THINK LIKE A KID
This month we are all about whimsy, fun stuff, kid-friendly squares.
Designs can be simple - the way a child would draw them.
Do you remember when you were 4, or 5 or 6? What fascinated you?
Even if that was a long time ago for some of us, cert
Read more…SQUARE HEART AWARD - FEBRUARY 2015
SQUARE HEART OF THE MONTH AWARD
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The Square Heart Award for February 2015
goes to
Mili K - Savudrija, Croatia
Mili joined the Square Circle Forum in May 2011
and she soon
Read more…KasSnippets - January 2015
KasSnippets - January 2015
REPORTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
On a freezing cold day at the beginning of June 2014, we headed off to Finetown once more … and, thanks to a large group of volunteers on that particular occasion, we were able to visit three sch
Read more…FUNDRAISING AND OTHER HINTS TO OFFSET THE COST OF POSTAGE
Recently, there have been several questions and some discussion about the cost of mailing our squares to South Africa, in some of the Groups, particularly the US and the UK.
It often comes as a bit of a shock to newer members, when they send off thos
Read more…Hi Everyone
Just wanted to say thanks everybody for welcoming me into this wonderful organisation! After picking up my knitting needles after 20 years, I made one square! (very rusty ha ha!) now I will have to re-learn my crocheting skills, I am really looking f
Read more…JANUARY THEME - THE GARDEN
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Welcome to the KAS Monthly Themes for 2015
This year is 'The Year of the PJ'
The simple, much needed squares that are the backbone of KAS.
We hope that KAS folk will celebrate the year by posting photo's of their PJ's for all to s
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