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Permalink Reply by Bev Jeffery on July 25, 2012 at 5:44pm

Great package, Mary....full of much needed 'extras'.

Permalink Reply by Susan Haines on July 25, 2012 at 5:38am

Just mailed off another 130 plain janes.

New totals:
166,927 squares
Retirement Villages - 1 People - 86 Organisations - 1 Groups - 9 Schools - 3
Item Count
7 baby blankets
5 full size blankets
67 books
192 tee shirts and singlets (undershirts)
22 bits and bobs
25 crochet hooks
3 games
13 go-overs
7347 hats and beanies
2392 jumpers/sweaters/vest (Tops)
57 KASCuddles
5 dresses
27 pr. knitting needles
557 pencils/pens
715 plastic sewing needles
97 slipovers
29 slippers and booties
685 pairs of socks
452 teddies/soft toys

Permalink Reply by Bev Jeffery on July 25, 2012 at 9:59am

Wow! Wow! Wow, Susan!! What a quiet achiever you are......that is a fantastic amount to achieve by yourself....I hope you've been getting some sleep in amongst all that knitting. Just amazing.

Permalink Reply by Susan Haines on July 26, 2012 at 1:55am

Thanks, Bev.  I will post a photo soon of the stacks prior to mailing off.

Permalink Reply by Linda Maltby on July 25, 2012 at 2:43pm

Mailing ( in 2 parcels), 40 squares, 2 red and white hats, 1 sweater, 25 prs of socks, 7 prs girls underwear, 1 card game, 12 pencils.

New totals:
166,967 squares
Retirement Villages - 1 People - 86 Organisations - 1 Groups - 9 Schools - 3
Item Count
7 baby blankets
5 full size blankets
67 books
192 tee shirts and singlets (undershirts)
22 bits and bobs
25 crochet hooks
4 games
13 go-overs
7349 hats and beanies
2392 jumpers/sweaters/vest (Tops)
57 KASCuddles
5 dresses
27 pr. knitting needles
569 pencils/pens
715 plastic sewing needles
97 slipovers
29 slippers and booties
710 pairs of socks

7 pairs underwear(knickers)
452 teddies/soft toys

Permalink Reply by Bev Jeffery on July 25, 2012 at 5:26pm

Great parcels, Linda....getting the decks cleared before your guests arrive???

Permalink Reply by Mary Anne Fellows on July 27, 2012 at 5:14am

That is fantastic Linda, you have been very busy!  Well done!

Permalink Reply by Mary Anne Fellows on July 27, 2012 at 5:24am

This week I mailed 55 squares, 128 plastic needles, 12 pair of underpants, 6 undershirts, 3 hats, 6 pair socks and one hexagon sweater (with a matching t-shirt).  L.J. Roberts and Ann Smith both helped make squares and hats that went in these parcels, as well as the plastic needles were donated by L.J.!  Here are the new totals:

 

166,852 squares
Retirement Villages - 1 People - 86 Organisations - 1 Groups - 9 Schools - 3
Item Count
7 baby blankets
5 full size blankets
67 books
199 tee shirts and singlets (undershirts)
22 bits and bobs
25 crochet hooks
3 games
13 go-overs
7348 hats and beanies
2391 jumpers/sweaters/vest (Tops)
57 KASCuddles
5 dresses
27 pr. knitting needles
557 pencils/pens
843 plastic sewing needles
97 slipovers
29 slippers and booties
686 pairs of socks
446 teddies/soft toys

12 pairs of underpants; didn't know where to add them?

 

Permalink Reply by Mary Anne Fellows on July 28, 2012 at 5:25am

I've been asking this question in other places on the forum, so I thought I would try here and see if anyone knows the answer.  If I were to order under-things online and have them shipped directly to S.A., would that create a fee or tariff for KAS when it arrived?  I am guessing it would, but I wanted to double check.  I "buried" them all in the parcels above, which was challenging LOL.  Just looking for a more efficient method, but if this is still the best way, I will certainly be happy to continue that way :o)!

Permalink Reply by Anne Powell on July 28, 2012 at 5:51am

Mary Anne, I think your way of sending under-things as 'slip-ins' in your knitting parcels is the best way for now.  We need to be so careful that everything we send has "no commercial value" and we snip off all labels and remove all packaging from puchased items so they qualify as 'used'.  Things shipped directly from a an online store might possibly attract customs duty when they arrive.  Thanks for all you do!

Permalink Reply by Mary Anne Fellows on July 28, 2012 at 5:58am

Thanks Anne!  I was pretty sure this was the case, but figured I would double check.  I would love to get online and go a little shopping crazy LOL!  Maybe when they get the importer license we will be able to do that ;o)

Thanks again!  XOXO

Permalink Reply by Bev Jeffery on July 28, 2012 at 11:06pm

Yay!! and a HUGE well done, to you three loving and generous ladies (Mary Anne, Ann and LJ).....that is a fantastic contribution.

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