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Festive knitting

December 14, 2014 in All Blog posts / knitting / msf / Patterns tagged Charity knitting / Gifted / knitting patterns / Three Cheers by Larissa

Although we’re based in MSF’s London office, here at p/hop we know that knitters do travel! We like to head on the road to as many knitting and fibre events around the country as possible each year. It’s a great opportunity to step out from behind the computer screen and […]

Getting ready for Glasgow School of Yarn

October 11, 2014 in All Blog posts / knitting / On the road tagged Glasgow School of Yarn / knitting / msf / phop by Larissa

You may recall that a month or two ago, the call was put out to the community for someone to volunteer as the brand new volunteer p/hop co-ordinator. Well, I heard the call, I sent in my application, and here I am, fresh in to the role. Ta-da! […]

Hi there, p/hoppers!

October 4, 2014 in All Blog posts / msf tagged knitting / msf / phop by Larissa

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

Kate, your excellent p/hop coordinator, has sadly got to step down from her role in September due to work commitments. I’ll be really sorry to see her go as she’s done sterling work and gone above and beyond to continue p/hop’s success. On the bright side, this opens up a […]

Goodbye and thank you Kate, hello (insert your name here?)

August 1, 2014 in All Blog posts / msf tagged crochet / fun / knitting / organised / volunteer by Clare

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