Another wonderful year with the Knit a Care Square project, with so many of you in the community, donating your skills, passion, love for knitting, time, wool and more. The end result 715 blankets passed on to those in need of some love and warmth.
Sometimes you come across people who are having a significant impact on those around them. Catherine and Hazel from William’s Wardrobe, are two such people. We were grateful to have spent a night with Catherine, who was looking for people to help. People who most of us choose to ignore, drive passed and do not want to see.‘Hi we’re from Williams wardrobe, have you eaten tonight, do you need any clothing or blankets,’ she would say.And that got things started…
KACS helps with DeafBlindSA Awareness Thank you to everyone who has donated squares… Often we have runs of squares, which means some squares are joined to form a long run. We often join these into blankets, and we also had kept some, which came in handy when Anne from DeafBlind SA expressed their need for[…]read more
Darn and Yarn at Cafe Outside the Square A couple of times a year, we like to invite knitters, joiners, sewers and kit designers, to Cafe Outside the Square, for a sharing and caring. If you haven’t been to the Cafe, we would like to say, it has a beautiful feel, and it is wonderful[…]read more
The draw took place on Wednesday 28th September 2022 and the winner was Pip. Thank you to all those who contributed, we have been able to donate $100.00 to Williams Wardrobe. A few times throughout the year, we raffle a blanket to raise funds for a cause.These funds raised were towards William’s Wardrobe, which is[…]read more
Knit a Care Square 2021 Well once again, what an amazing year for everyone who both contributes to and receives from the making, joining and using these beautiful blankets. As we all know, in the midst of a global pandemic, we need to adapt to the changing conditions and we did. The previous year taught[…]read more
Learning Cabin Stitch with Betty It was wonderful visiting Betty and having her teach the cabin stitch. It took place Saturday afternoon for our zoom session. She was a natural in teaching us, and also using the technology. It was lovely to see her expression when she realised her daughter was on the session. What[…]read more
[Knit a Care Square 2020 Our 2019 Knit a Care Square meeting ended with the words ‘our mission is to respond in real time… to what is happening in the world around us’ (See here for a more comprehensive account of Knit a Care Squares history from 2017). And in early 2020, we faced the[…]read more
How it all happened… The auctioned blanket This was the blanket which was auctioned this time Those who knit & crochet blankets Thank you to all those who play any part in creating these wonderful blankets The raffle winner … and the winner is…
Crocheted Hearts by Kathy Bryker Thank you Kathy, It was a great idea to create these crocheted squares! We thank you Kathy for always having an eye out for ways to share loving kindness messages. Each blanket will now have a beautiful heart attached as a sign of the love and kindness from everyone who[…]read more
Betty from Resthaven Murray Bridge Saturday apart from the weather being a divine autumn day, we enjoyed visiting, firstly Brother Bear at Mt Barker (one of our drop off spots). They warmly took a couple of kits, to pass on to Ruth, who has kindly volunteered to become a new KACS joiner (We wish you[…]read more
. . Last year… it was wonderful to see how the year 6 students at Trinity Gardens Primary School, learned to knit squares, design layouts and join squares that later formed 2 beautiful blankets that were donated to those in need. The students this year took on another role. They were given bags and bags[…]read more
