Raised: 87%
Target: £14,000.00
Raised so far: £12,135.79
Donate now

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.

Various people will be making patterns available over the next two years (perhaps longer). They will be giving these patterns for free.
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 me by visiting my blog at The Yarn Yard and clicking on the "email me" link on the left hand side.
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!

Donation by Vicky Swinerd 07/02/10  

Thanks so much SussexYorkie Donation by Rachel Atkinson 07/02/10  

£8.00 + £2.26 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 05/02/10  

£2.00

More p/hopping Thanks Rebecca Donation by beanz 05/02/10  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Thanks for a great weekend in York and all the good company and yarn and needlecrafts. Donation by Melinda Jackson 05/02/10  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 04/02/10  

£2.00

Donation by Anonymous 04/02/10  

£2.00

Donation by Carol Leonard 04/02/10  

£2.00

For extra stash pleasure... Donation by Elizabeth Loft 04/02/10  

for a fab weekend with the most lovely women - ever, plus stash enhancement excitement Donation by heather Corbishley 04/02/10  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

For the stress relieving w/e in York with so many laughs and an increase in stash Donation by Judy Wilmot 03/02/10  

Donation by Anonymous 02/02/10  

£7.50 + £2.12 Gift Aid

For all the wonderfully woolly minutes of my day in York with like-minded shedites Donation by Amy 02/02/10  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

The excellent company and a happy reduction in the size of my stash! Donation by Wren Montgomery 02/02/10  

thank you! Donation by L Shepherd 02/02/10  

For the laughs, the company and the yarn Donation by sallyjoy 02/02/10  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

For all the good things from a fabulous weekend in York Donation by probablyjane 02/02/10  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

For a wonderful weekend of knitting and nattering and cake and yarn and fibre in York Donation by Sparkleduck 01/02/10  

Donation by Anonymous 01/02/10  

£3.00 + £0.85 Gift Aid

For a wonderful weekend in York and all my p/hop goodies Donation by Kaye 01/02/10  

Donation by Sussexyorkie 01/02/10  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

For Crocus Pocus Donation by Snailhannah 01/02/10  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

A donation of 50% of my pattern sales from 16th January to 31st January 2010 Donation by Ruth Paisley 01/02/10  

£776.91 + £219.13 Gift Aid

Your message...For a wonderful weekend and lovely phop yarn! Donation by Sophie Brettell 01/02/10  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

for a great day at York on Saturday Donation by Karen Vernon-Parry 01/02/10  

Thank you for a wonderful weekend in York. Donation by Joy Edwards 01/02/10  

£35.00 + £9.87 Gift Aid

For a great weekend in York. Donation by Isabella 01/02/10  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

thank you Donation by pamela green 01/02/10  

£2.00

Thanks for a great weekend in York Donation by beanz 01/02/10  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

For my p-hop York yarn Donation by Rooknits 31/01/10  

£35.00 + £9.87 Gift Aid
Donate now
 
* Total raised online: £8,200.87
  Offline donations: £3,934.92
  Gift Aid plus supplement: £1,627.40

* Charities pay a small fee for our service.
Find out how much it is and what we do for it.