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I’m Helena Callum and I am writing this guest blog post for p/hop to introduce my new pattern, which is now available as a p/hop pattern. Like all p/hop patterns, it can be downloaded in return for a donation to Médecins Sans Frontières . The pattern... 

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The photo above says everything I was going to say in this blog post. This is an MSF team outside one of the many clinics MSF runs in Somaliland. A big thank you to everyone who has made p/hop a success in 2011. Here’s to a happy and peaceful 2012. Happy... 

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Two MSF staff members were killed in Somalia yesterday. This is shocking and very sad news. Philippe Havet, a 53-year-old from Belgium, was an experienced emergency coordinator who had been working with MSF since 2000 in many countries, including Angola,... 

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Saturday 10th December saw the first P/hop Yarn Swap take place at The Yarn Cake in Glasgow. This was organised in response to a highly successful visit by Clare and the P/hop stall to the Glasgow School of Yarn back in October. Knitters were invited... 

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This competition is now closed. Congratulations to Claire, Linda, Sara and Sarah who were the lucky winners. Thank you to everyone for your kind words and encouragement and to all the lovely people who donated prizes. Well here we are. The final competiton... 

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p/hop is 3! Three! Drei! Trois! Tres! Things have been a tad busy here at p/hop HQ so we’re a little tardy in celebrating our third birthday but there are some exciting things in the pipeline, or should that be on the needles? First things first,... 

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