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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!

8 Aug, 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!

4 Aug, 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

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!

13 May, 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

29 Apr, 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?

22 Apr, 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

Way back in November, Hazel Osmond contacted us to ask if we would mind if she used a P/Hop pattern to make and sell Rudolphs to raise funds for her daughter. Hazel Osmond and her daughter Kate wanted to use Judith Baser’s gorgeous P/Hop pattern Rudolph, that Reindeer to raise […]

Reindeers for Honduras!

11 Feb, 2014 in All Blog posts / fundraising tagged charity / Christmas / Doctors Without Borders / Donate / fundraising / Gap year / Honduras / knitting / medecins sans frontieres / msf / p-hop / pattern / Project Trust / Rudolph / Thank you / volunteer / volunteering by Katestwirl

Wishing all our wonderful P/Hoppers a happy, healthy and fulfilling 2014! My fist day back in the MSF office and there’s been loads to do. Two invites to shows were in the inbox with all the form filling that that requires to apply for a place. The first is Woolfest […]

Happy New Year! Happy New Shawl!

7 Jan, 2014 in All Blog posts / Patterns tagged charity / Doctors Without Borders / Donate / donations / Eyre Shawl / fibre east / fundraising / inspiration / Jane Eyre / knitting / knitting shows / medecins sans frontieres / msf / pattern / ravelry / volunteer / woolfest by Katestwirl

On Friday night we went to Pom Pom Quarterly‘s Christmas party. For those who do not know, Pom Pom is an uber stylish quartlery magazine stuffed with knitting & crochet patterns, as well as recipes and and other arty/crafty goings on. The party was a great event with everything us […]

PomPom Quartelry’s Christmas Party

10 Dec, 2013 in All Blog posts / fundraising tagged charity / Christmas / Doctors Without Borders / Donate / donations / fundraising / knitting / medecins sans frontieres / msf / p-hop / party / pattern / Pompom / Thank you / volunteer / yarn by Katestwirl

We did a shout out for teeny tiny hats, way back in March 2012 and thought you’d appreciated an update. Judith, one of our midwives in Pakistan has sent us a few pictures of the baby hats which she recently took with her to Quetta. Here’s what she had to […]

P/Hop in the field!

3 Dec, 2013 in All Blog posts / knitting tagged baby / baby hats / charity / Doctors Without Borders / Donate / knitting / medecins sans frontieres / msf / MSF delivers / Pakistan / phop by Katestwirl

We have 2 new patterns for you, both with a Royal vibe! The Diana Black Sheep Sweater and the Diamond Dot Scarf. Firstly, and at last the Diana Black Sheep Sweater pattern from Muir and Osborne is finally available as a download from P/Hop. Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne very […]

Feeling rather Regal?

3 Dec, 2013 in All Blog posts / Patterns tagged Black Sheep Sweater / charity / Diamond / diana / Doctors Without Borders / Donate / donations / fundraising / knitting / medecins sans frontieres / msf / p-hop / pattern / phop / princess of wales / ravelry / regal / royal / Royalty / sheep / yarn by Katestwirl