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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!

3 Jun, 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!

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

Now that the miserable dark days of rain that we were blighted with over the holidays seem to have stopped we are being blessed with some bright blue skies – problem is that bright blue skies at this time of year make the temperatures rather nippy. Ah! but there’s always […]

Show off your scarves!

14 Jan, 2014 in All Blog posts / knitting tagged cosy / Diamond dot scarf / Dido Scarf / Doctors Without Borders / Elizabeth's scarf / famous / Flowers in the rain / Guardian / hand knits / hand knitted / knitted scarves / knitting / p-hop / pattern / phop / Riviera Scarf / Scarves / Something to Do / winter 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

We are very pleased (and a little over excited) to have been invited to host a stall at PomPom Quarterly‘s very first Christmas Party and Pop Up Indie Yarn Market, where we hope to raise some much needed funds for MSF, in the wake of the disaster in the Philippines. […]

PomPom Party People

19 Nov, 2013 in All Blog posts / On the road tagged charity / Christmas / crochet / Doctors Without Borders / Donate / donations / fund raiser / fundraising / funds / knitting / magazine / medecins sans frontieres / msf / on the road / p-hop / party / pattern / phop / Pompom / yarn by Katestwirl

Samples and patterns on display at Glasgow School of Yarn October was a bumper month for P/Hop fundraising, taking our total to a smidgen below £42,000 (£41,993.55 to be exact). How amazing is that – £42,000 raised by the generosity of knitters, crocheters and spinners! THANK YOU EVERYONE!! Here’s a […]

42,000 whole pounds! Whoop!

29 Oct, 2013 in All Blog posts / fundraising tagged corchet / Doctors Without Borders / Donate / donations / fundraising / knitting / medecins sans frontieres / msf / MSF delivers / on the road / p-hop / pattern / phop / shows / textiles / yarn by Katestwirl

The P/Hop stand next to Project Linus, where you can see Paula and Lynda Wow what a lovely show! I was at The Big Textile Show in Leicestershire at the end of September and it was such a great show. Quite a small show, so you could get around […]

Big fun with Big Textiles

8 Oct, 2013 in All Blog posts / On the road tagged Big Textile Show / Doctors Without Borders / donations / fundraising / knitting / medecins sans frontieres / p-hop / pattern / phop / Thank you / volunteer by Katestwirl