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don't just knit!
£32,112.01 raised of £40,000.00 target
1270 donations
My Target:
£40,000.00
£32,112.01 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/theyarnyard
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to Natalie Fergie's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text PHOP99 £10
to 70070
My story
Do you know what "p/hop" is?
This is how it all started...
I like knitting.
Plain "vanilla socks" allow me to switch off for a while, knitting round and round and round as I mull over the events of the day. It is sometimes called "mindless knitting" but I prefer to think of it as recharging my batteries.
And then there is challenging knitting, the stuff which takes me out of my comfort zone. The sort of knitting where if I dare to think about what's for dinner at the same time as I knit, then there is the guarantee of much tinking or frogging (or both).
I am incredibly fortunate.
I have a home in which to knit.
I have the luxury of being able to switch off occasionally.
I know that there will actually be a dinner.
And I know that the people for whom I knit are safe, and usually just a phone call away.
Knitting Designers have donated unique and exclusive patterns to p/hop and these are available as downloads from the p/hop website mentioned above.
Each pattern can be knitted in yarn from any company, any indie dyer... you just have to match gauge. This fundraiser is not an attempt to encourage you to buy yarn from anywhere in particular, or even to buy it at all - if you can knit from your stash that's fantastic!
If you are a designer, and you would like to donate a pattern, please get in touch. You can contact p/hop via the website.
Just remember that your pattern should not promote any individual yarn or company.
There is no "set-price" for a pattern, you can give 50p or £50, it's entirely up to you. And you can donate at any time - before you cast on, half way through, or when you finally get to wear your creation.... or all three!
Donating through Just Giving is quick, easy and totally secure. You don't need to add your name, you can be "anonymous" or "knitter extraordinaire" or "the frogger".
Using the Just Giving site is easy-peasy. Médecins Sans Frontières UK gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.
Oh yes, I forgot. You want to know what p/hop is?
p/hop stands for pennies per hour of pleasure.
As you are knitting your free pattern, and especially as you come to the end of the project and you are admiring it, ask yourself how many hours of pleasure it gave you? How many new techniques did you learn, for free? If you knitted from stash, how much did you save by not buying new yarn?
What would all that be worth? 10p an hour? 25p an hour?
The MSF website is here. Please visit and have a good look around.
Thank you for your donation.
PS Spread the word! There are widgets and things you can copy to put on your own blog which will link here, just click on "Share this page" at the top and you are taken right to them.
The more people who know about p/hop the better!
My gallery 1
My charity
Medecins Sans Frontieres (UK)
Charity Registration No. 1026588
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is the leading non-governmental organisation for emergency medical aid. It is dedicated to providing medical relief to victims of war, disasters and epidemics in over 60 countries around the world, regardless of ethnic origin, religion or political affiliation.
Donations 1270
Fabulous weekend and yarny goodness
Donation by yvette campbell on 31/01/12
Shedfest2012 York
Donation by Susan Sharpe on 30/01/12
Wonderful enjoyable fantastic weekend with the Sheddites!!! Thanks to all concerned! Donation for YARN (just a little bit this year!)
Donation by Fran MacHardy on 30/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
P/hop swap. Great fun.
Donation by Elizabeth Allardyce on 30/01/12
For another wonderful Shedfest!
Donation by Lucy Burns on 30/01/12
Thanks for another fantastic shedfest and p/hop yarn.
Donation by DianneB on 30/01/12
Donation by Jackie Rippeth on 30/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
for another fantastic shedfest and some great p/hop yarn
Donation by Ruth Huskisson on 30/01/12
for another grand Shedfest.
Donation by Cybil on 30/01/12
Thanks for the Trinity Shawl!
Donation by Anonymous on 30/01/12
Thank you for the yarn from Ravelry P/hop Very happy to donate to MSF for all wonderful worth while work they do in so many areas.
Donation by L M Le Chevalier on 30/01/12
£15.00
For yarn from the York swap.
Donation by Sadie Slater on 29/01/12
What a wonderful shedfest we had! Thankyou - good luck with your P/HoPing x
Donation by Jacky Cooper on 29/01/12
Looking forward to knitting 'Iris' by Susan Pandorf.
Donation by Toria Nelson on 28/01/12
Bowled over by your pattern Natalie. It's so original and heaps of fun.
Donation by Judith Williams on 28/01/12
Donation by Anonymous on 27/01/12
For the Hopsox pattern
Donation by Sadie Slater on 26/01/12
Donation by Anonymous on 24/01/12
£20.00
Donation by Anonymous on 21/01/12
Thanks for the lovely sock pattern
Donation by Shami on 21/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
For the lovely angora from G. Many thanks!
Donation by Spinningfishwife on 16/01/12
Donation by Alison Howse on 13/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Spring beret just employed as emergency Xmas gift - thank you!
Donation by Catherina Gray on 11/01/12
Happy Birthday sweetie pie, 5 years old already.
Donation by Sheila Dunn on 10/01/12
£20.00
Cranford Mittens have got me enjoying knitting again.
Donation by June Drury on 08/01/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£19,148.01
- Offline donations£12,934.00
- Text donations£30.00
- Total raised£32,112.01
- Gift Aid£3,494.68
* Charities pay a small fee for our service. Find out how much it is and what we do for it.
