One of our lovely, fantastic and generous supporters knits shawls, lots of beautiful shawls. One shawl in particular would be perfect for a bride on her special day. Woolgathered (aka plumbum on Ravelry) is looking for a special recipient for the stunning frozen leaves shawl in return for a donation to p/hop or directly to MSF.

Please take a look at her blog and her gorgeous knitting for further information.

Seeing as Pete took his knitting up a mountain in Lesotho I took mine on holiday to Kenya. While  I was too hot or too busy to knit most of the time I did finish a Without Borders sock for p/hop’s festival display.

A few of us in the p/hop Ravelry group have signed up for knitting 52 pairs of socks in one year and we’ve been wondering how to use it to raise money for MSF. I made a little video while on holiday and though I look a tad weary as I’d spent the previous night fighting a mosquito net in a traditional hut I had a great time.

While I wasn’t there for MSF I was aware of the work MSF do in Kenya. Kenya has suffered from droughts for the last two years. Luckily there was lots of rain while I was there and the people I spoke to were very relieved about this as their crops are growing well, unlike the last two years.  There’s a new MSF campaign to raise awareness about malnutrition called Starved of Attention which is well worth a few moments of your time.