It’s gorgeous. It’s another marvellous Susan Pandorf creation and it’s called Iris.

I’m not going to write any more as I think the pattern does the talking but as always please remember to make your donation to MSF using Just giving (£) or first giving (US$). We’ve recently upped the targets to a whopping £20000 and US$5000 which we won’t reach without your help and generosity. Thank you in advance.

Clare and the p/hop team

PS. Click here for the Iris pattern page.

The beret uses four colours of DK yarn and is a good introduction to Fair Isle (stranded colour) knitting. If you’re new to Fair Isle knitting there are lots of good tutorials on the internet including one on the KnittingHelp.com website (scroll down for the video) or just ask in the p/hop group on Ravelry if you need any advice.

If you want to see what the beret looks like in other colourways take inspiration from what others have made on Ravelry.

To read more about the Chic Spring Beret pattern and download the PDF click here. Happy Knitting!

*Depending on which hemisphere you live in.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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…