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
50 pairs of Cranfords knitted in the November knitalong - well done everyone!
Donation by Jane Lithgow on 04/12/10
£50.00
+ £14.10 Gift Aid
Donation by Jenni Hargreaves on 03/12/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Donation by linda riley on 03/12/10
£4.00
+ £1.13 Gift Aid
Jane's destash...
Donation by Wren on 03/12/10
£30.00
+ £8.46 Gift Aid
Donation by Margaret Walker on 02/12/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Christmas stocking pattern. Thanks
Donation by Kaye on 01/12/10
£5.00
Donation by Thelma Wilson on 01/12/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
For the Christmas Stocking. I'm looking forward to a KAL!
Donation by Alessandra Parsons on 01/12/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
For the Stocking
Donation by Sally Bailey on 01/12/10
Four pairs of Cranfords knitted for Christmas - and lovely yarn too.
Donation by beanz on 30/11/10
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
For the fab book and bag
Donation by Rachel Atkinson on 29/11/10
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Thanks to Ambermoggie for the lovely handspun
Donation by Isobel Murdock on 29/11/10
£15.00
Proceeds of collection tin from Onchan Library Knitting Club exhibition
Donation by Isobel Murdock on 29/11/10
£15.00
Donation by Ulla M Holm on 28/11/10
Donation by shan sivell on 26/11/10
£3.00
+ £0.85 Gift Aid
For 3 pairs of Cranford mitts knitted, £1 from friend w/o internet access for Cranford pattern, and a top-up to £10 for Chevron de Paix socks!
Donation by Marion Beet on 25/11/10
£10.00
for the Stina baby kimono pattern
Donation by Susan Sharpe on 24/11/10
For the big pile of books and unicorn yarn from Beanz 52 and the p/hoppers at the Jane Thornley workshops at Skeins
Donation by Gingerknits on 24/11/10
£30.00
For lovely handspun yarn.
Donation by Alessandra Parsons on 23/11/10
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
For Cranford Knit-Along
Donation by Fruitbat on 23/11/10
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Donation by Maria Luisa Morais Machado on 22/11/10
£3.00
For yummy yarn
Donation by Rachel Atkinson on 22/11/10
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Donating while trying to control 3 babies was bound to go wrong! :0)
Donation by MrsTessyman on 22/11/10
£15.00
+ £4.23 Gift Aid
for the gorgeous yarns from rav p/hop group :0)
Donation by MrsTessyman on 22/11/10
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Thank you to the generous Zanna
Donation by diagon on 21/11/10
£15.00
+ £4.23 Gift Aid
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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