Hi Anne, I have just used some of your squares in a blanket I joined. If you send me your email address I'll send you a photo of the blanket. My email address is:
stellemcleod@gmail.com.
Greetings Anne from up in NW Ontario beyond Thunder Bay. Welcome to a worldwide network of loving happy people helping African HIV/Aids orphans and the poorest of the poor. Glad to have you with us! It's so heartening to know that in this global, often so impersonal world, we're actually making a difference, a REAL difference, in the lives of these children. Check out the Forum, in the header above, for the various discussion threads, and Photos for all the lovely photos of members' work and Groups where you can join groups from countries around the world, not to mention Patterns where you can get inspired with easy level patterns of things the children really need, the right sizes and shapes.
When you click on Discussions, the Featured Discussions grouping (in the Forum section above) shows the most important subjects at the moment, latest challenges, latest news etc. I also recommend the Café KAS Discussion section, which contains the Our Furry Companions and Yarnaholics threads. I am so much a Yarnaholic! Thanks again for helping the AIDS orphans in Africa!
Hi Anne, welcome from a fellow Canadian ! So pleased you have joined the forum. The knitters are buzzing about your pattern, as you have discovered :-)
As the editor of the KAS Pattern book [see tab above] I would like to add your pattern to the next edition of the book. Would you be able to write up the pattern and the alternative/variation ?
To help find your way around the forum please see the tabs above. Helpful Hints will have tips that will clear up some of the mystery....or you can ask ! One of the nice things about the forum is the fact that somewhere in the world there is a knitter/crocheter working on a square for the children and chatting on the forum 24 hours a day.
Welcome to KAS from over here in Western Australia. :))
Do you like to knit, crochet, or perhaps both?
Making the basic square is a wonderful way to relax and help the children. Plain Janes, as they are affectionately called, are the backbone of KAS. Since a blanket is created with 35 squares sent by people from around the world, squares are needed all the time. The basic square being a garter stitch/single colour or striped square or I think it is single or double crochet if your preference is for crochet. By clicking on the KASpattern book tab at the top of the page you can also find lots of other patterns provided by our fellow KASers.
Please check out the 'Helpful Hints' tab at the top of the page as this may answer many initial questions you may have and will help you get started. Any other questions...just ask...we love to help. :))
If you'd like to see what other KASers have been making please click on the photo tab at the top of the page....and feel free to add photos of your own work...we would love to see them. Just click on 'add photos' and follow the prompts. Anything you care to make and send will be so appreciated by Ronda and the team and the children of South Africa.
If you want to see the most active discussions at present, you may like to click on the 'main page' tab and they are listed in the centre of that page...just pick one and click on it. It is a large website, but with so much fun and info.
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Hi Anne,
I wanted to ask you if you would share the psttern for knitted dtripped squares. They are amazing, can't get my head around how they are knitted.
Best regards from KAS Croatia!
Andreja
stellemcleod@gmail.com.
Oh don't be ashamed Anne, I only joined originally to ask a question, and then slowly I got more and more acquianted with the forum and the people :).
Greetings Anne from up in NW Ontario beyond Thunder Bay. Welcome to a worldwide network of loving happy people helping African HIV/Aids orphans and the poorest of the poor. Glad to have you with us! It's so heartening to know that in this global, often so impersonal world, we're actually making a difference, a REAL difference, in the lives of these children. Check out the Forum, in the header above, for the various discussion threads, and Photos for all the lovely photos of members' work and Groups where you can join groups from countries around the world, not to mention Patterns where you can get inspired with easy level patterns of things the children really need, the right sizes and shapes.
When you click on Discussions, the Featured Discussions grouping (in the Forum section above) shows the most important subjects at the moment, latest challenges, latest news etc. I also recommend the Café KAS Discussion section, which contains the Our Furry Companions and Yarnaholics threads. I am so much a Yarnaholic! Thanks again for helping the AIDS orphans in Africa!
Welcome, Anne, from suburban Philadelphia in the lower 48. So glad you've joined us!
Thanks Anne. There is no rush for it, please take your time...and finish the square first ! Linda
Hi Anne, welcome from a fellow Canadian ! So pleased you have joined the forum. The knitters are buzzing about your pattern, as you have discovered :-)
As the editor of the KAS Pattern book [see tab above] I would like to add your pattern to the next edition of the book. Would you be able to write up the pattern and the alternative/variation ?
To help find your way around the forum please see the tabs above. Helpful Hints will have tips that will clear up some of the mystery....or you can ask ! One of the nice things about the forum is the fact that somewhere in the world there is a knitter/crocheter working on a square for the children and chatting on the forum 24 hours a day.
At last! The maker of the mysterious square! Just kidding :) but we are very glad to have you with us. Welcome!
Hi Anne
Welcome to KAS from over here in Western Australia. :))
Do you like to knit, crochet, or perhaps both?
Making the basic square is a wonderful way to relax and help the children. Plain Janes, as they are affectionately called, are the backbone of KAS. Since a blanket is created with 35 squares sent by people from around the world, squares are needed all the time. The basic square being a garter stitch/single colour or striped square or I think it is single or double crochet if your preference is for crochet. By clicking on the KASpattern book tab at the top of the page you can also find lots of other patterns provided by our fellow KASers.
Please check out the 'Helpful Hints' tab at the top of the page as this may answer many initial questions you may have and will help you get started. Any other questions...just ask...we love to help. :))
If you'd like to see what other KASers have been making please click on the photo tab at the top of the page....and feel free to add photos of your own work...we would love to see them. Just click on 'add photos' and follow the prompts. Anything you care to make and send will be so appreciated by Ronda and the team and the children of South Africa.
If you want to see the most active discussions at present, you may like to click on the 'main page' tab and they are listed in the centre of that page...just pick one and click on it. It is a large website, but with so much fun and info.
We also have a theme for every month that you might like to view and participate in, but there is absolutely no pressure to do so. The theme for February can be found here: http://forum.knit-a-square.com/forum/topics/february-challenge-hear...
Thank you for joining us.
Happy knitting/crocheting!!