We are delighted to anounce that the wonderful Susan Pandorf has donated another of her exquisite beaded lace patterns to p/hop. The Hydrangea Scarf is now available to download here and is sure to keep your fingers busy throughout spring/autumn*.

*Depending on which hemisphere you live in.

The stunning Dido Shawl and Dido Scarf pattern has been generously designed and donated to p/hop by Åsa Tricosa.

The pattern can be knit as either a shawl or scarf and uses 4ply yarn.

To find out more and download a copy of the pattern in return for a donation to Médecins Sans Frontières click here.

Don’t forget to follow us on twitter or join the p/hop Ravelry group to keep up with the latest news and new patterns. Happy Knitting!

Thanks to the generosity of designer Karen Wessel (aka quesselchen) we have a new p/hop sock pattern.

These gorgeous Stained Glass Window Socks work brilliantly with graduated yarn colours as well as combinations of solid and variegated yarns. Let your imagination run wild…

To find out more and download a copy of the pattern in return for a donation to Médecins Sans Frontières click here.

Don’t forget to follow us on twitter or join the p/hop Ravelry group to keep up with the latest news and new patterns. Happy Knitting!

Spring is not too far away and the crocuses in my garden are coming through but if you can’t wait that long for sunnier days we’ve got a lovely new p/hop pattern which will see you through to warmer weather.

This is the first of several patterns very generously donated by the fantastic lace designer Susan Pandorf. The Crocus Pocus Shawl is in Susan’s own words “A flippant little snippet of a spring scarf for your wardrobe!” For more information and the pattern PDF please click here.

We have several other patterns in the pipeline and have been overwhelmed by knitters and designers response to the earthquake in Haiti.

Please check back here regularly, follow us on twitter or join the p/hop Ravelry group to keep up with the latest news and new patterns.

… and a Happy New Hat pattern from p/hop.

Designer SarahLouise MacAdie has created this gorgeous earflap hat for p/hop, just the thing to keep you cozy throughout the cold winter months and combat that Christmas knitting fatigue with something for yourself.

For more details and the PDF of the pattern click here.

Don’t forget to make your p/hop donation once you have finished! It’s easy to donate here in pounds or here in US dollars.

You may have missed it last night but a new pattern slithered onto the p/hop website.

Katie Weston aka Hilltopkatie designed and donated this snakey sock pattern so be sure to adder it to your knitting queue.

The Serpentine Valentine Sock pattern can be found here, as always for a donation to p/hop.

We have another gorgeous new p/hop pattern for you lovely p/hop knitters today.

These stylish and cosy mittens were designed and generously donated by Åsa Tysk. Here’s Åsa tells us about her pattern and process:

“The Intertwined mittens were born out of two old, balls of wool and a scrap of mohair. Bored with my other knitting projects I played with them a bit and out came cables in a way I liked. In my imagination I saw them covering a big, wintry sweater, quite a stretch for the small amount of yarn I had, so I settled for handwear.

I had no intention of making a pattern as I have never really written one before but then a Ravelry group I had joined had a big charity knit off and a team was formed in favour of p/hop. Learning that p/hop was dedicated to raise money for Medécins sans frontiers, I felt I had to contribute! So I wrote down instructions for the mittens and with great help from my teammates they became this pattern.

I’m really glad to be doing this for p/hop and MSF!”

Thank you very much Asa, your pattern is beautiful, perfect for Christmas knitting.

As always please don’t forget to make your donation to p/hop based on the number of hours of pleasure you think you will get from p/hop patterns.

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Thank you  Åsa.

Remember you can get all the blog-a-long updates by following p/hop on twitter and in the p/hop Ravelry group.

…Knitters knit and designers’ brains bubble?

OK, so I’m a better knitter than poet.

Thanks to our very generous designers we have not one but two spooky new patterns for you magical knitters, just in time for Halloween. They are from Ann Kingstone, aka the Spinning maid, who has designed two sock patterns which are great for young wizards and witches and house elves.

Socks for LIttle Witches By Ann Kingstone

Socks for Little Wizards by Anne Kingstone

As always please don’t forget to make your donation to p/hop based on the number of hours of pleasure you think you will get from these patterns.

Now if only I could cast a spell to make my knitting needles work faster…

Joy Edwards has designed and donated the latest p/hop Hopsox pattern. Thanks Joy!

To download Hopsox click here.

Once you have knitted up these beautiful socks and would like to make a donation for the hours of enjoyment you had click here.  

If you have any queries or comments regarding the pattern, Joy can be contacted on Ravelry by clicking here.

Thanks to Debbie Tomkies, we now have a brand new p/hop pattern!

The Chevron De Paix Socks are a pair of cuff-down socks with delicate lacy chevrons.

Chevron-de-Paix Socks

You can download the pattern here, visit other p/hop patterns here and donate for the hours of pleasure you get from them here. Couldn’t be simpler…