pennies per hour of pleasure

YarnGathering of Stone may not be there any more but all the local wonderful crafters and makers I know are still around. So Jeanette of YarnGathering invites all to a CrafterDay or CrafterAfternoon or even a CrafterHour. WHEN : June 1st 2013 WHERE :... 

Continue reading »

Love knitting and crochet (and other fibre arts)? Adore social media? Admire life-saving humanitarian work and want to make a difference? Can you donate eight hours a week of your time? Then p/hop needs you! What will this involve I hear you cry? You... 

Continue reading »

Hello, Clare here popping back as I spotted this and though of p/hop. Emily Wise is a British doctor working with MSF in Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan for nine months treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. The disease itself is bad enough however the... 

Continue reading »

Jane, one of p/hop’s founders and coordinator, gave a great interview about p/hop with Knit Now magazine last month. You can read it online here. Thanks to the lovely people at Knit Now magazine for sharing p/hop with your readers. ... 

Continue reading »

We can’t believe that December is already upon us. To celebrate the season and get in the festive spirit we have a fabulous new pattern for you. Introducing Rudolph, that Reindeer! Designer Judith Baser says: I first came across p/hop through Ravelry... 

Continue reading »

We are delighted to add the Riviera Scarf to our online pattern collection. Visitors to the Glasgow School of Yarn will have seen it already. Designer Rachel Atkinson says: ‘Perfect for adventurous beginners and intermediate knitters looking to... 

Continue reading »

If I were to pick my favourite thing to knit, I think cabled socks might win. The unusual cables on Oscillating Socks wouldn’t rest until I made them into a design and the side cables couldn’t be stopped even by the toe, continuing round... 

Continue reading »

Do you have yarn in your stash that you just don’t know what to do with? Perhaps you’ve bought too much for a project and have leftover balls or skeins. Maybe you fell passionately in love with custard yellow a couple of years ago but now... 

Continue reading »

Sue from Sheepfold introduces the crocheted felted bowl pattern they have generously donated to p/hop. Felted crochet bowl I became aware of MSF from news bulletins where the organisation was often giving aid to people in the most desperate of circumstances.... 

Continue reading »