Charity Knitting
Beautiful children in beautiful KasCare blanket
Since 2008, the KasCare foundation has been taking donations of knit and crochet squares to make blankets that are then distributed to these poor children. The idea is ingenious. Why just a square? Because squares are quick and easy to create and they are small and light to ship. People from all over the world can contribute and for a small cost, send the squares to South Africa. Once in Africa, the squares are assembled into blankets by volunteers and even prison inmates!
Specifically, the goal of the knit-a-squillion challenge
is to collect 1,2 million squares by July 1st.
My goal is 500 squares by June 1, 2012.
Will you join me? It's easy:
- Knit or crochet an 8” (20 cm) square (instructions)
- You aren’t a needle person? Upcycle a wool sweater by felting it and cutting it into squares (instructions)
- You want to do more? Hats and sweaters are also needed! (instructions)
- Make a donation on the knit a square site.
- Encourage family, friends, neighbors and colleagues to join.
- Buy Artyarns Supermerino or Manos Maxima from Hands with Hearts. All profits from the sale of these yarns goes to Knit-a-Square.
Send your donations here:
Laurie Fortier
Hands with Hearts
3022, de la Rochelle
Québec, Québec
G1W 2B2
Canada
If you would like to help with the cost of shipping squares to South Africa, you can donate here:
From the bottom of my heart and for all the orphans of southern Africa,
THANK YOU!!!!
