Pete's knitting status...

So, my name is Pete and I am the web editor for MSF UK. I am very happy to be writing my first post for the p/hop blog! It has been a little while coming….

I have a confession to make. I can’t knit! But, don’t leave… my involvement with p/hop, ravelry.com and Natalie and the knitters has inspired me and I am about to embark on my first project. How could I resist a hobby where you can ‘frog’.

I own no knitting paraphanelia, no wool, no yarn. If I’m honest, I still don’t know the difference between the two, although I am sure this will change. When I asked Natalie where one could acquire such things, she said ‘p/hop them’… Assuming she was suggesting that I knit my own knitting needles (a conceptual leap I was struggling with), I asked her to explain. “p/hop has moved on” was here nonchalant response. And she was right.

Not only have people started to give to MSF for the first donated pattern (courtesy of Jacqui), but people are starting to give materials and equipment to each other in exchange for p/hop donations. So far, DianneB has p/hopped some cobweb yarn,  Natalie has p/hopped a Yarn Harlot calendar and Katie p/hopped a spinning wheel! Check out the justgiving comments for loads more as well…

And with that I’m gonna leave you. Welcome to p/hop and I hope you enjoy the patterns. I’m off to work out how many pennies of pleasure a set of knitting needles and a ball of yarn (or wool) are going to cost me…

Happy frogging.