Knit A Square

In May, I found myself at a crossroads. I needed to knit but had absolutely no interest in making toys. In fact, the very thought of them made me physically ill. So, I spent days just surfing the web.

What I finally came up with as interesting, engaging and worthwhile was the charity Knit A Square. They are South African based and provide blankets, garments and toys to desperately poor AIDS orphans.

I have not knitted children's clothes since my own boys were little. The KAS patterns are very simple. They need garments that will last for the child, are long enough to cover distended bellies caused by malnutrition and disease, are soft and comfortable and are nice and bright so they are child friendly.

Apparently,the little ones always have garments, but the older children miss out. So I made a set for 8 year old size. This is the first set:

I have used good old Stylecraft Special DK  @£1.69 for 100g. It comes in over 50 colours, is very soft and isn't the squeaky, shiny, sweat inducing acrylic of yesteryear.

I will do a post of the other completed sets at a later date.