Friday 17 June 2011

p/hop

I have been aware of the work that p/hop have been doing for a while. These guys are truly admirable.

p/hop stands for pennies per hour of pleasure. There are knitting patterns that have been donated by people, which you can download and then make a donation to them based on the hours of pleasure that you will get from knitting up the pattern.

They have been raising money for Medicines Sans Frontiers / Doctors Without Borders, whose work has been amazing, especially when you think of the disasters in Japan and Christchurch lately. For more information about what MSF does, click here

They have raised in excess of £25,000 so far and their target is £30,000.

I have downloaded the Molly Weasley's Gift sock pattern, even though I was looking at the shawl patterns. There are some gorgeous patterns available, so if you see something you like there, please consider downloading the pattern and making a donation.

Thank you to the organisers of p/hop and a big thank you to the designers for donating their patterns.

Saturday 11 June 2011

Happy

Today, I am happy. Had a weird couple of days at work, but all is good.

It's my birthday in just over a week and I'm thinking that it would be fun to build a temporary fort (or as I used to call them when I was a kid, a den) out of blankets and other random things and then drink beer and play daft games.

We need some kind of doorbell. Or password to get in.

Ideas on a postcard please!