Welcome to your new improved fundraising page. Find out what's changed and why.

What's new?

  1. The new header makes it much easier to see all the fundraising info at a glance. Plus, the page can now be shared to more social networks to encourage more people to give.
  2. The charity information is much more prominent, highlighting the cause you’re supporting.
  3. The new gallery makes it easier to see the images and video.
  4. Dedicated sections show the teams and companies you’re part of, emphasising the fundraising community you belong to.

What's coming?

The new design will also allow us to introduce some great features very soon to help you tell your fundraising story, like page updates, themes and a new page summary. Read all about these and other upcoming changes on our blog.

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My story

Do you know what "p/hop" is? 

You can now visit the official p/hop website by clicking here.
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 Teams

My company

My charity

Medecins Sans Frontieres (UK)

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

Great idea for a great cause

Donation by Becca Potter on 22/11/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Hazel Solway on 21/11/11

£5.00

via P-Hop Swap on Ravelry. Wonderful work everyone on the Total so far!

Donation by L M Le Chevalier on 21/11/11

£10.00

Donation by Kate Higginson on 19/11/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 19/11/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Heard about you listening to the radio. Fabulous idea I'm telling all my fellow knitters!

Donation by Louise Scotcher on 19/11/11

Donation by Harri Sutherland-Kay on 19/11/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Thank you.Heard about this on the today programme.Shall have a go for Christmas presents.

Donation by carol collison on 19/11/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 19/11/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Dear p/hop!Have been wanting to make a donation for ages & now finally I have done it! I absolutely love this initiative@managnostou

Donation by Martina Anagnostou on 17/11/11

£20.00

With thanks for the hours of pleasure I have had making my handspun Trinity Shawlette - lovely pattern - nearly finished!

Donation by Jane Lithgow on 17/11/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Donation by Gillian Green on 15/11/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Thank you for the sock pattern

Donation by Anne Jones on 15/11/11

£7.00

Donation by Anonymous on 14/11/11

£5.00

11/11/11

Donation by H Topping on 11/11/11

£11.00

+ £2.75 Gift Aid

with thanks to Ros for lovely yarn and fibre - pass me the needles

Donation by heather Corbishley on 10/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

In remembrance

Donation by Jane Cooper on 09/11/11

£11.11

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Just because :)

Donation by Lucy Burns on 08/11/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

For some very tangled clan from Natalie

Donation by yvette campbell on 07/11/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 06/11/11

£10.00

Thanks to Natalie for turning our knitting fun into something that can make a real difference to so many people through MSF

Donation by Anonymous on 06/11/11

For yarn to finish my socks from Roo and tights from Helen!

Donation by Sadie Slater on 05/11/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donated as thanks to the lovely JaneKAL who, despite being busy with Woolsack took time to do something really nice for someone else ;-D xxx

Donation by carol butterfield on 05/11/11

Donation by Anonymous on 03/11/11

£2.00

+ £0.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 03/11/11

£2.00

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.