This pattern will create an 8 x 8 inch square for use in the Knit-a-Square Comfort for Orphans program in South Africa.

When finished cast off and leave a 50 cm /20 inch tail which is then butterflied onto the square to allow it to be seamed together with other squares to create a blank for an orphan.

The knit-a-square project was started as a family project in 2008 and is now a world-wide community numbering an estimated 12,000 people in 54 countries round the world.

Together we work hard to help warm and comfort the children and we’d greatly value your contribution to this knitting project for the AIDS orphans of southern Africa. We ask the world’s knitters and crocheters to send 8”/20 cm squares to South Africa, where we have them sewn into blankets for the children.

Archived link (scroll DOWN to: “Zanny’s Square”) ~ https://web.archive.org/web/20160815153728/http://www.knit-a-square.com/easy-knitting-pattern
Archived DIRECT LINK to PDF ~ https://web.archive.org/web/20160714023220/http://knit-a-square.com/sites/default/files/Knitted_Square_Zannys.pdf