don't just knit!
£32,943.51 raised of £40,000.00 target
1331 donations
My Target:
£40,000.00
£32,943.51 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
Médecins Sans Frontières (UK)
Charity Registration No. 1026588
Médecins Sans Frontières (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 1331
Better late than never, happy 1st birthday Syl.
Donation by Sheila Dunn on 04/04/12
many thanks
Donation by dawn on 03/04/12
Donation by Anonymous on 03/04/12
£10.00
A little something from KoKo Cat of Nerdwars on Ravelry
Donation by Rebecca Price on 01/04/12
For Minerva Cowl pattern
Donation by Natalie Lyons on 31/03/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
For a p/hop swap on ravelry.
Donation by Mary Donaldson on 27/03/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
In celebration of SkipNorth 2012
Donation by Lindsey Dickens on 23/03/12
From the phop swap at skipnorth
Donation by Hilary Denny on 23/03/12
£20.00
Another wonderful SkipNorth!
Donation by Shelia January on 21/03/12
For the sheer joy of SkipNorth
Donation by Sue Margolis on 19/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
For yet another fab weekend, and a little yarn, at Skipnorth 2012.
Donation by Rachel Lemon on 19/03/12
For all the fun and all the yarn at SkipNorth, from Michael and Barbara, with thanks to Nic and Lixie.
Donation by Michael Mann on 19/03/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
For my lovely yarn from skip North
Donation by Cheryl Doran on 19/03/12
For lovely chunky red stuff obtained at SkipNorth. Going to be a scarf for the Red Scarf Project.
Donation by Anne McDonough on 19/03/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
SkipNorth 2012 - many thanks to everyone for their donations to the P/Hop swap!
Donation by Alex Byrne on 19/03/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Belated donation for the York get together
Donation by Karen Vernon-Parry on 17/03/12
Donation by Janice Taylor on 12/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Gjertrud Lovise Tretteteig on 09/03/12
£20.00
A promised donation ........
Donation by Elaine Morley on 08/03/12
Donation by Doris Stavenhagen-Yasin on 06/03/12
Donation by Anonymous on 05/03/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Donation by Patricia Clift Martin on 03/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
The kind Åsa Tricosa sent me her Isaura pattern for free so I'm making a donation here.
Donation by Emily Chu on 29/02/12
Much delayed York (and a few others) donation!
Donation by Wren Montgomery on 29/02/12
A late donation for a lovely weekend in York. Sloe Gin, Raspberry Vodka and a class in making stitchmarkers. Ideas exchange and many many giggles.
Donation by Gerri Geraghty on 28/02/12
Donation summary
- * Online donations£19,979.51
- Offline donations£12,934.00
- Text donations£30.00
- Total raised£32,943.51
- Gift Aid£3,616.68
* Charities pay a small fee for our service. Find out how much it is and what we do for it.
