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2025 Holidays

Overview

Make 2025 a year of truly unforgettable crafting experiences with our carefully curated selection of holidays! Join us on a journey of exploration as we discover more about the unique crafting heritage and fascinating techniques used in destinations such as the Faroe Islands, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. Or, why not hone your skills alongside fellow enthusiasts closer to home with our collection of UK breaks? Expert-led workshops are included on every holiday, and with the chance to enjoy textile-themed excursions and exclusive fabric shopping opportunities on selected tours, let our 2025 holidays inspire you!

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8 Holidays available from £585pp

Crochet
Knitting

Join our expert on a captivating journey through Morocco, exploring vibrant cities, rich heritage, spectacular scenery and yarn traditions.

  • 5 half-day workshops with your expert
  • 12 nights bed and breakfast accommodation
  • 4 lunches and 6 evening meals
  • Entrance fees, excursions and transportation as described in the itinerary
  • Services of an experienced Tour Manager
  • Gratuities and local taxes

Availability:

  • 2025 18th October
Travel Options
  • By Air By Air
Patchwork & Quilting

Learn about the traditional handicrafts, explore the last-divided capital in the world, and enjoy expert-led workshops in charming Kyrenia.

  • 2 full and 2 half-day hand-quilting workshops with your expert, refreshments and kit included
  • 7 nights half-board accommodation
  • Excursions and entrance fees
  • Services of an experienced Tour Manager
  • Services of an English-speaking local guide on tours and transfers

Availability:

  • 2025 13th November
Travel Options
  • By Air By Air
Knitting

Combine the charm of Bath with its enchanting Christmas market, the scenic villages of the Cotswolds, and festive knitting with Julie Dubreux!

  • 2 full-day knitting workshops with Julie Dubreux, kit included
  • 4 nights bed and breakfast accommodation
  • 2 evening meals
  • Entrance fees, excursions and guide gratuities
  • Services of an experienced Tour Manager

Availability:

  • 2025 1st December
Travel Options
  • Join Direct Join Direct
Crochet

On this two-centre holiday, combine timeless Venice with cosmopolitan Trieste alongside your expert, blogger and designer Lucy of Attic24.

  • 3 full-day workshops with Lucy, kit included
  • 7 nights bed and breakfast accommodation
  • 2 evening meals and 1 lunch
  • Travel by coach and boat
  • Services of an experienced Tour Manager
  • Local guide services
  • City tax

Availability:

  • 2025 8th November
Travel Options
  • By Air By Air
  • Join Direct Join Direct
Knitting

Take the first steps to cosy feet on this weekend retreat dedicated to sock knitting alongside expert Frederica Patmore.

  • 2 days tuition, kit included
  • 2 nights full-board accommodation, from dinner on Friday to lunch on Sunday
  • Tea/coffee during workshops
  • Services of an experienced Retreat Manager

Availability:

  • 2025 26th September
Travel Options
  • Join Direct Join Direct
NEW

Alongside Amber Elizabeth, winner of Sewing Street’s Search for a Star 2024, escape to the countryside for a fantastic weekend of dressmaking.

  • 2 full days of tuition with Amber Elizabeth
  • Use of a Bernina 500 series sewing machine
  • 2 nights full-board accommodation, from dinner on Friday to lunch on Sunday
  • Tea, coffee and snacks throughout the weekend
  • Services of an experienced Retreat Manager

Availability:

  • 2025 21st November
Travel Options
  • Join Direct Join Direct
Textiles

Join our experts on a fascinating and inspiring textile journey in Morocco, where ancient and modern traditions coexist in perfect harmony.

  • 4 half-day hand-stitching workshops with your expert
  • Workshops and experiences with local artisans
  • 12 nights bed and breakfast accommodation
  • 4 lunches and 6 evening meals
  • Excursions and entrance fees as described in the itinerary
  • Executive coach transportation
  • Services of an experienced Tour Manager
  • Gratuities and local taxes

Availability:

  • 2025 1st November
Travel Options
  • By Air By Air
Patchwork & Quilting

Experience the magic of the festive season with a city break in Kraków, with a guided tour and three expert-led workshops included.

  • 3 half-day workshops with your expert, kit included
  • 4 nights bed and breakfast accommodation
  • 2 evening meals
  • Services of an experienced Tour Manager

Availability:

  • 2025 7th December
Travel Options
  • By Air By Air

Meet the
Experts

Each holiday is accompanied by a passionate, enthusiastic expert who specialises in their craft, allowing you to learn different techniques and improve your skills from the best!

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Julie Dubreux

Julie Dubreux

Julie Dubreux is a French knitwear designer and knitting instructor. Her designs have been published in Pom Pom Quarterly, Laine Magazine and Knit Now UK, as well as in books such as I Knit Paris, My Favourite Things and Homecoming.
Jane Crowfoot

Jane Crowfoot

Trained as a constructed textile designer, Jane Crowfoot has worked within the hand knitting craft industry for the last 25 years and is recognised as one of the leading designers within her field, more recently acknowledged as one of the pioneers of the UK crochet revival.
Debbie Abrahams

Debbie Abrahams

Debbie started her handknitting business back in the mid-nineties and is a designer, author and workshop tutor. She has been running her global Mystery Blanket and Cushion Clubs for almost two decades and is best known for her vibrant designs which combine beading with colourwork.
Kim Suleman

Kim Suleman

Kim is the powerhouse behind sewing brand Six Penny Memories, where she has not only retailed a carefully curated collection of craft & sewing supplies but promoted education within the sector.
Lucy of Attic24

Lucy of Attic24

Based on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, Lucy shares her passion for crochet, colour and yarn on her blog, Attic24. Winner of Most Iconic Crochet Designer and Social Media Superstar at the British Knitting & Crochet Awards 2022, Lucy celebrated 15 years of Attic24 in March 2023.
Frederica Patmore

Frederica Patmore

Frederica is a knitting and crochet designer who has been working in the industry for nearly 20 years. She spent three years working as a designer and technical editor on the Woman’s Weekly Magazine team before co-founding Love To Knit and Crochet magazine.
Pat Archibald

Pat Archibald

Pat is a UK textile artist and tutor. Throughout her career, she has exhibited her work worldwide, won some wonderful awards, and even established Scotland’s first dedicated patchwork and quilting shop. Pat feels that each collection of quilts has its own unique identity.
Wendy Gardiner

Wendy Gardiner

Wendy Gardiner has been influential in the sewing industry for many years and is an internationally accredited sewing guru. She wrote The Great British Sewing Bee, From Style to Stitch which accompanied the fourth series of the show.
Carolyn Forster

Carolyn Forster

Carolyn Forster is a quilt designer, teacher and author from Tunbridge Wells in Kent. Since self-publishing her first book ‘Quilting on the Go’ in 2007, Carolyn has written ten more patchwork and quilting books with Search Press in the UK and Landauer Publishing in the USA.
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