Totally wired about knitting
Knitting Vacations
| Dreaming about a Knitting Get-away? These links will help you find knitting retreats, fiber festivals, knitting heritage tours, knitting schools, and more. |
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| Event/Description | Location |
Date/Season |
| Agritourism World Searchable database of farm stays. Relax at a sheep or alpaca farm. |
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA, UK |
Ongoing |
| Camp Stitches -West | Santa Fe, NM | May 14-19, 2008 |
| Camp Stitches -East | White Eagle, NY | June 26-30, 2008 |
| Cheryl Oberle's Knitaway With Folk Shawls and Folk Vests author Cheryl Oberle |
Taos, NM | Spring, Fall |
| Fibre Festival on Salt Spring Island Retreat |
Near Vancouver | 2009 |
| Gibson's Landing Fibre Festival | British Columbia, CA | August 20 - 24, 2008 |
| Gone Stitchin' Retreat |
Near Toronto, CA | Oct 2 - 5, 2008 |
| Jean Moss Tours Knitting and garden tours with Jean Moss, author of Jackets |
England and Scotland | Spring, Fall |
| John C. Campbell Folk School Folk school offering week and weekend workshops in knitting and other crafts |
Brasstown, NC | Ongoing |
| Knautical Knitters Baltic Cruise Knit, Crochet, Beading and Craft Market Cruises |
Mexico's Sea of Cortez; South America |
April 15, 2008 and Nov 10, 2008 |
| Knit and Crochet Show - Fall Sponsored by the Knitting Guild of America |
Portland, OR | Sep. 12-14, 2008 |
| Knit and Crochet Show - Summer Sponsored by the Knitting Guild of America |
Manchester, NH | Jul. 25-27, 2008 |
| Meg Swanson's Knitting Camp The original knitting camp |
Marshfield, WI | Summer, Fall |
| Michigan Fiber Festival Sheep and wool festival |
Allergan, MI | August |
| Midwest Masters Weekend workshop/retreat with Margaret Fisher, Lucy Neatby, Myrna Stahlman, and Janet Szabo |
Neenah, WI | April 25-27, 2008 |
| New York Sheep and Wool Festival Sheep and Wool Festival |
Rhinebeck, NY | Oct. 18 & 19, 2008 |
| Northwoods Retreat/Workshop in the North woods of Minnesota |
Sturgeon Lake, MN | Sep. 13-16 |
| Rowan Tree Tours Customized knitting tours arranged for small groups |
Scotland | Ongoing |
| Spin Off Autumn Retreat Knitting, spinning, & weaving workshops Sponsored by Spin-off magazine |
Bellair, MI | Oct 5-12, 2008 |
| Spring Knitting Retreat Beautiful Bluff Utah |
Utah | Mar 28-30, 2008 |
| Stitch Away Tours Tour operator specializing in Knitting Tours |
Various | Ongoing |
| Stitches East Workshops with top designers, fashion shows, market |
Baltimore, MD | Nov 6-9, 2008 |
| Stitches Midwest Workshops with top designers, fashion shows, market |
Schaumburg, IL | Aug. 21-24, 2008 |
| Stitches West Workshops with top designers, fashion shows, market |
California | Feb. 2009 |
| Taos Wool Festival Sheep and wool festival set in scenic Taos |
Taos, NM | Annually October |
| Textile Tours and Trails Small group tours based out of a Scottish country estate |
Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Ongoing |
| Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival Knitting and spinning workshops, sheep dog trials, market |
Jefferson, WI | Annually, September |