The KasCuddle Knit-A-Long
Welcome to the gallery for Knit-A-Square’s inaugural knit-a-long! A special thanks to Helen Flagg for so cheerfully leading this KAL. In the coming weeks we’ll be knitting infant sleep sacks, also known as the KasCuddle. By knitting a KasCuddle you are sending a perpetual hug that will warmly embrace a small child. Thank you for your support. Children who, of necessity, must sleep on the floor will rest better for your efforts.
What an amazing difference one knitted item makes
Although they receive loving care many children sleep on the floor because of a lack of resources.
Warmer babies snuggled in their KasCuddles.
This Knit-a-long will be shared in stages. Each set of instructions will be added to the blog as a regular post.
In order for knitters to work at their own pace, and to be able to join in later, the links to each set of instructions will be listed here.
At the end of this Knit-a-long this pattern will be available as a .pdf.
KasCuddle Knit-A-Long Instructions
Step 4 – Binding off the Cuddle
KasCuddle pattern (you will need to have Adobe Reader installed to print pdfs. It’s free. To read more about Adobe Reader click here.)
If you’d like to share a photo of your completed KasCuddle please email it to Kalai@knit-a-square.com
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I just did and asked about an address to send the knitted squares – difficult to get assistnce from local post office. is there a telephone
contact inthe US ? want to help if I can.g
Hello Ginny,
Sorry that I haven’t seen your question before now. This blog is maintained by volunteers and sometimes we get very busy with work and family.
The shipping address is:
Knit-a-square
Soweto Comfort Club
Private Bag X900
Bryanston 2021, South Africa
I would like to encourage you to look into joining the Square Circle Forum. It’s an online forum for KAS supporters to use to share information, share project photos and ideas, chat and make new friends. You can get specific feedback from other members living in the States with regards to postage and shipping.
You’ll have to join Ning, if you don’t have a membership, but it’s completely free to join.
Ginny, I do a lot of packing and sending for my church KAS group. If what you plan to send is fewer than four lbs., you
need to fill out PS Form 2976, Customs Declaration CN22. If you are sending more than four lbs. you have to fill out
a larger form: PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note CP 72. You will have to send your items Priority
Mail, as the U.S. no longer has sea mail only air mail. The larger form has six copies attached. From Houston the boxes
I send are usually in South Africa in ten days. Be sure to put on the outside of each box “No Commercial Value; For Charity”
and list the value in all places as ZERO on the forms. If any value is declared Ronda will have to pay duty at the other end,
so ZERO is essential. Your Post Office should have all the forms above. They might say you have to send your boxes
First Class International. That’s o.k. It’s actually Priority. My Post Office fills in the weight of the boxes according to
their scales. They will give you one copy back of the form you fill in and attach one form to the box(es). The other copies
are for Post Office files. Be sure to mark CP72 at the bottom as “Gift,”"Airmail,” and “Return to Sender.” For “Detailed
Description of Contents” I usually put “Knitting for Charity” and then just list the number of squares under 2.Quantity.
I leave the whole right side of CP72 blank because the contents of the box do not deal with commerce/import/or tariffs.
I hope this has been helpful for you and will help your Post Office in Vermont know what to do to mail your boxes for you.
Just left a note on the US site and yes Helen has zeroed in on the way of it…except my post office gave me the site for the post office to click onto…… USPS.com and then click onto shipping international good luck
Helen’s details about how to mail finished squares are really helpful. Do we use the same address to send finished Cuddles? Thanks!
Hi there,
Yes, the finished Cuddles are sent to the same address as the squares. Thank you for your support
Do you know of anyone doing KAS projects in Montana? I would like to double up and ship squares and cuddles with another person knitting or crocheting for KAS and not just send my stuff by itself to South Africa. Please advise. Thanks.
Marion,
I have searched the Knit-a-square group on Ravelry and it seems we don’t have anyone in Montana in that group. May I suggest you join the Square Circle Forum (free membership) and ask there? There are thousands of members in 30+ countries. Maybe one of them lives in MT? A post on KAS Facebook page is probably a good idea too.
Hi Marion, I live in southwestern North Dakota, and for the next couple months I will be traveling to Billings about once a month. Where in Montana are you located?
Hi –
I am very late to this project, I know. I hope to get something in the mail soon. But – I have a question. In some places on your site the KAS Cuddle is listed at 25 inches long including the collar, in other places it’s listed as 25 inches long excluding the collar. Which should it be?
thanks!
Alice
Welcome Alice!
I have forwarded your question to Helen. From the pattern: “Once the ends of the collar are joined work the body of the KasCuddle in the round in
stockinette stitch (knit every round) until the body of the Cuddle is 25 inches long.”
I would take that to mean 25 inches, not counting the collar, but we’ll hear from Helen soon.
Hi, Alice! Thanks for your question. We had to make some changes in the length of the Cuddle after Ronda in South
Africa began to distribute our earliest efforts. She asked that we make them longer. So at this time they need to
be a full 30″ long……….5″ for the collar and 25″ for the body. Some of our members are even adding a few more inches
to the body if they have the yarn handy. This longer length allows Ronda to take care of older infants up to about nine
months. We are also finishing the Cuddles straight across at the bottom. I have been recommending the 3 needle
bindoff as a great finish, but any strong seam finishing is fine. We just need to remember that the babies will be in
these every day in the cold winter and the seam will be taking a lot of kicking and wear. Thanks for calling our attention
to the discrepancy in the lengths on the website. We’ll try to fix that so as to avoid any further confusion. I hope you
are enjoying making your Cuddle!
A word about using the U.S. Post Office customs form on the computer to fill out forms – - -
I have had no success doing this because when I put in ZERO for the worth of the contents,
the computer will not take it. So I continue to fill out the forms by hand and ask the
postal clerk to fill in the weight while I list the worth as zero by hand.
Hello–
I have a question…I noticed that included in finished projects was a jumper. Can I possibly get a pattern for this one. I have a group that is chomping at the bit to do these and the squares for the orphans. any help you can send would be very much appreciated.
Affectionately,
Patricia duMont Ford, Ph.D.
Hi Patricia, I’ve only just seen your question so apologies if no-one else has responded yet. If you go to the main Knit-a-Square forum website, you’ll find various patterns, including links to free patterns on the net. Try clicking on this link, http://square-circle-forum.ning.com/forum/topics/easy-free-to-use-knitted. We also have a garment we call a “go-over” which is a kind of over-sized sweater and, as the name suggests, is designed to go over other clothing. We have crocheted and knitted versions here: http://square-circle-forum.ning.com/forum/topics/the-kas-goover. Hope this helps. We’d love to see you over on the forum.
Elaine
Hi guys
How can I become part of your Knit along team? I love to crochet and always have extra wool to spare!!!!
Hi, Natasja……………….go to http://www.knit-a-square.com
Look in the left hand column and click on the Forum-
Join the Forum with your name and email address and read it ALL! Then
start making squares and whatever else you would like and send them to the postal
address posted on the website. Come join us!