Katestwirl

Our recent Commonwealth knitaglong went stormingly. There were lots of knitters taking part and they have produced some gorgeous results. Check out the conversation on Ravelry – they were/are a really chatty bunch and happy to share all their skills, ideas, hints and tips. We all knitted the Dear Green […]

Knitalong fun

August 21, 2014 in All Blog posts / Knitalong by Katestwirl

Once again I had a fabulous time at Fibre East meeting and chatting with lots of lovely supporters. Thank you so much to Janet Ellison and her army of fabulous volunteers for another great show. We raised a wonderful £376.75. The stall which raised £376.75 in donations It was hot […]

Fibre East – Thank You!

August 8, 2014 in All Blog posts / On the road tagged charity / Doctors Without Borders / Donate / donations / fibre east / fundraising / Kintting / medecins sans frontieres / msf / p-hop / sheep / volunteer / volunteers / yarn by Katestwirl

I have yet to get feedback following the delights of Unwind Brighton – will keep you posted on funds raised as soon as I know! I do know, however, that we had a celebrity visitor to our stall. Lynda from The Great British Sewing Bee, with her daughter, Sarah from […]

Celebrity at P/Hop stall!

August 4, 2014 in All Blog posts / On the road tagged charity / Doctors Without Borders / Donate / donations / fundraising / Great British Sewing Bee / knitting / medecins sans frontieres / msf / MSF delivers / p-hop / pattern / phop / Thank you / volunteer by Katestwirl

I’ve just got back from Woolfest in Cumbria – what a great event. P/Hop have been there for the last 6 years, but this was my first time. Thank you so much to the organisers for their generosity to P/Hop and MSF over the years. We really do appreciate it. […]

The Wonders of Woolfest

July 3, 2014 in All Blog posts / On the road by Katestwirl

Well, we are all packed and ready to go to WoolFest this week. I am very much looking forrward to it. I’ve heard wonderful things about the show and this year is their 10th anniversary so I’m axpecting it to be fantastic! All the different fibre crafts will be there, […]

Woolfest 2014, Cumbria

June 24, 2014 in All Blog posts / On the road by Katestwirl

It’s World Wide Knit in Public Week, apparently! So get out there and show off your yarny skills to the World at large!! I haven’t had too much time but I managed to knit in a restaurant on Saturday. I was also knitting these lovely stripey babies on the train […]

Knit in Public Week

June 19, 2014 in All Blog posts / knitting tagged Doctors Without Borders / KIPD / KIPDay / KIPDay WWKIPD / KIPWeek / knitting / knitting in public / knitting on the train / msf / p-hop / pattern / phop / portable knitting / public knitting / transport / WWKIPDay / WWKIPW by Katestwirl

The Commonwealth Games is being hosted in Glagsow, Scotland from 23 July to 3 August 2014. We think it’s the perfect excuse for a p/hop knit-a-long. – So get your knit on whilst watching energetic types on the telly and helping those in need, all at the same time – […]

Get ready for a Commonwealth Knit-a-long!

June 3, 2014 in All Blog posts / Knitalong tagged bingo / charity / Commonwealth / Commonwealth Games / Dear Green Shawl / fundraising / glasgow / knitalong / knitting / medecins sans frontieres / p-hop / pattern / phop / Scotland / shawl pattern by Katestwirl

Lighting the Knit Signal! There are lots of brilliant ways that you can help P/Hop to raise funds for MSF. P/Hop was set up as a community project, so that lots of people could get involved. I donate one day a week plus additional work when we have shows […]

P/Hop needs you!

May 13, 2014 in All Blog posts / On the road tagged charity / crochet / Doctors Without Borders / Donate / donations / Events / fibre east / fundraising / knit / knitting / LYS / medecins sans frontieres / msf / p-hop / Patterns / phop / Unwind Brighton / volunteer / woolfest / yarn shows by Katestwirl

Check us out! — We were delighted when the fabulous Kate Heppel from Knit Now magazine rang to offer us a whole page in this excellent magazine. Publicity is very much appreciated by MSF & p/hop. The more people who know of p/hop and our patterns, the more money and awareness we can raise […]

Knit Now

April 29, 2014 in All Blog posts / msf tagged advertising / Doctors Without Borders / Donate / fundraising / knit now / knitting / magazine / medecins sans frontieres / msf / p-hop / pattern / phop / Thank you by Katestwirl

Well is doesn’t seem very long since I blogged about hitting our last target and here we are again with a whopping £45,000! It truly is amazing how wonderful and generous our knitty and crochety supporters are. I am thrilled to be coordinating such a wonderful fundraising effort and you […]

What does £45,000 buy?

April 22, 2014 in All Blog posts / fundraising tagged antibiotics / blanket / cholera / conflict / doctors / Doctors Without Borders / Donate / donations / fundraising / jeep / knitting / malaria treatment / measles / medecins sans frontieres / msf / MSF delivers / p-hop / phop / surgeons / Thank you / vaccination / war wounded by Katestwirl