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!
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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
This is the payment from Take A Break magazine for the article at Christmas.
Donation by Natalie Fergie on 03/02/11
£75.00
+ £21.15 Gift Aid
Money left over from hiring the Conference Room at York. What a great weekend.
Donation by Lucy Burns on 03/02/11
£35.00
Cranford time
Donation by Bronagh Miskelly on 03/02/11
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Contribution for mega p/hop swap at Sheddite York weekend January 2011
Donation by Paula Waters on 02/02/11
£45.00
+ £12.69 Gift Aid
A fabulous cause.
Donation by Claire Moore on 02/02/11
£30.00
For a fabulous Sheddite weekend in York.
Donation by Rachel on 02/02/11
Donation by Sian Taylor on 02/02/11
For a super weekend in York; and I hope I took the eek out of steek for a few people!
Donation by Melinda Jackson on 02/02/11
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
From my brilliant York weekend
Donation by Judy Wilmot on 02/02/11
For the great time at York
Donation by Hilary Denny on 01/02/11
For the awesome York weekend - especially for Isabella' spindle tuition, Melinda taking the eek out of steek, and my lovely mug swapper
Donation by diagon on 01/02/11
For a wonderful weekend in York...Knitters rock!
Donation by Rachel Atkinson on 01/02/11
For a wonderful time in York & the yarn
Donation by K Hudson on 01/02/11
For the lovely weekend in York, and for the p/hop yarn.
Donation by Isabella Hodge on 01/02/11
£30.00
+ £8.46 Gift Aid
For a lovely weekend in York and some great p/hop swap yarn
Donation by Ruth Huskisson on 01/02/11
thanks for the pattern
Donation by Ute Haasler on 01/02/11
£4.00
for yarn, and great company in York.
Donation by Cybil on 01/02/11
Thanks for a great weekend in York
Donation by beanz on 01/02/11
For a brilliant time in brilliant company!
Donation by Jill Shepherd on 01/02/11
Following a fabulous York Shedfest2011 gathering - my first, but not my last!
Donation by Terri Bate on 31/01/11
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
For a fantastic weekend at York -shedfest2011 my first p/hop swap!
Donation by Gerri Geraghty on 31/01/11
from the shed york swap 2011
Donation by elaine weston on 31/01/11
£20.00
Donation by Rosaline Cole on 31/01/11
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
In recognition of the lace book posted to me today by another knitter.
Donation by Anonymous on 31/01/11
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
For the yarn from the 2011 Sheddite Gathering in York. A wonderful weekend.
Donation by Carrie Wright on 31/01/11
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
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