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
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
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
Happy birthday, p-hop!
Donation by Sarah Walters on 03/11/11
Donation by Michelle Healy on 03/11/11
£2.00
Donation by joanna Pike on 02/11/11
£2.00
+ £0.50 Gift Aid
Heading for £30,000 with Cranfords
Donation by Ann Thorpe on 02/11/11
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Happy Birthday p/hop
Donation by Mary Whitehouse on 01/11/11
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
A birthday present for you... some Cranfords for me... we're all winners!
Donation by Naomi Farmer on 01/11/11
£3.50
+ £0.88 Gift Aid
Another step closer!
Donation by Rhian Drinkwater on 31/10/11
£2.00
another step towards the £30k
Donation by Anonymous on 31/10/11
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Happy Birthday!
Donation by Dodiegirl on 31/10/11
£5.00
A 'Happy Birthday' donation to help us reach the target!
Donation by Crobbles on 31/10/11
£3.00
Happy Birthday
Donation by Sheila Dunn on 31/10/11
£5.00
Donation by Laura Cracknell on 30/10/11
Yet another pair of Cranford mitts! A 2nd pair of archery-target-colour striped ones, in the raffle at the annual Double American round at the club.
Donation by Marion Beet on 30/10/11
£2.50
Just a wee donation to keep p/hop moving up towards that £30,000! Thank you to all involved for the fantastic work you do. Happy Birthday! xx
Donation by SarahLouise MacAdie on 30/10/11
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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