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It’s now day 2 of the great p/hop birthday giveaway and we’ve got a real treat for you: this fabulous trio of yarns from long-time p/hop supporter, John Arbon, all donated to support p/hop and MSF. This is definitely one for the alpaca lovers out there! In […]

Birthday giveaway: Day 2

December 1, 2015 in Win with p/hop tagged Charity knitting / yarn / yarn giveaway by Larissa

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

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

December 10, 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 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?

December 3, 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

November 19, 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

Miranda in the aran weight Martini Cowl We have a lovely new pattern from another fabulous designer. Miranda Jollie (aka Hanwelknitter) has donated this fabulous pattern (nay, recipe!) for a wonderfully cosy and stylish cowl. Just like a martini cocktail you can make it anyway you choose – any yarn, […]

Martini anyone?

November 12, 2013 in All Blog posts / Patterns tagged charity / cocktail / cowl / Doctors Without Borders / hanwellknitter / knitting / knitting pattern / Martini / medecins sans frontieres / Miranda Jollie / msf / pattern / recipe / 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!

October 29, 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

Do you have yarn in your stash that you just don’t know what to do with? Perhaps you’ve bought too much for a project and have leftover balls or skeins. Maybe you fell passionately in love with custard yellow a couple of years ago but now it just doesn’t do […]

New Year, New Stash

January 4, 2013 in All Blog posts / Swapping tagged Doctors Without Borders / stash / stashdown / swap / yarn by rosclarke

The lovely people at the Yarn Cake in Glasgow have organised a festive yarns swap in aid of P/Hop. Details are as follows: Date: Saturday 8th December 2012 Time: 6.00pm Venue: The Yarn Cake, 148 Queen Margaret Drive, G20 8NY Glasgow, Glasgow City United Kingdom They say: join us on […]

P/Hop Festive Yarn Swap at the Yarncake!

December 7, 2012 in All Blog posts / fundraising / On the road / Swapping tagged Christmas / donations / fundraising / swap / yarn by ProbablyJane

No Fighting! — Saturday 10th December saw the first P/hop Yarn Swap take place at The Yarn Cake in Glasgow. This was organised in response to a highly successful visit by Clare and the P/hop stall to the Glasgow School of Yarn back in October. Knitters were invited through Ravelry to find items […]

Phop Yarn Swap in Glasgow

December 19, 2011 in All Blog posts / Swapping tagged cake / glasgow / swap / yarn by Angelabdc