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Knit and Crochet in the West of Ireland
Your Tour Includes
- 5 nights half-board accommodation
- 4 half day workshops with our expert (kit included)
- 1 lunch
- Entrance fees and excursions
- Services of an experienced Tour Manager
Experts
Itinerary
Please choose your preferred 6 day itinerary
Please Note: Flight-inclusive packages are available at an extra cost, with flights from London to Shannon with 1 piece of checked-in luggage included.
Workshop information: Twist and transfer your stitches to create a Celtic cable cowl or scarf. Taking our inspiration from the iconic Aran sweater, we will work through the techniques used to make traditional cable designs. With the choice of either knit or crochet, we will look at how to move stitches across the fabric, how to twist stitches left and right, and how to add a textured relief pattern.
With our flight-inclusive package, meet Mandy and your Tour Manager at London airport for your flight to Shannon. We'll visit the stunning Cliffs of Moher on route to the hotel.
If you have booked our join direct package, meet us at the hotel.
Included Meals
- Dinner
Highlights
- Cliffs of Moher
This morning's excursion takes us to Galway where we will visit Knitwits, Galway's largest yarn store, and enjoy a guided walking tour through the historic winding streets of this colourful and cultural city. We will return to the hotel this afternoon for our first workshop.
Included Meals
- Breakfast
- Dinner
Highlights
- Galway
- Workshop
We will travel to Ros a Mhil and catch the ferry to Inis Oírr this morning. It is the smallest of the Aran Islands, renowned for their preservation of the traditional ways of life. After a wandering wagon tour of the island, we meet with a local knitting expert to knit a simple project with an Aran design inspired by the Inis Oírr landscape
Included Meals
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
Highlights
- Inis Oírr
A full day of knitting or crochet under the guidance of our expert with both morning and afternoon workshops at the hotel
Included Meals
- Breakfast
- Dinner
Highlights
- Workshop
Beyond Galway lies the cultural region of Connemara. Here we will visit Kylemore Abbey and the Leenane Sheep and Wool Centre for an insight into the importance of textiles to Connemara's past. Discover the history of sheep farming and learn about the methods of spinning and weaving as you see wheels and looms dating back to the turn of the last century.
Included Meals
- Breakfast
- Dinner
Highlights
- the Leenane Sheep and Wool Centre
- Kylemore Abbey
We enjoy our final workshop with our expert at the hotel this morning.
In the afternoon, if you have booked our flight inclusive package, transfer to Shannon airport for our return flight to London.
If you have booked our join direct package, your tour ends after the morning workshop.
Included Meals
- Breakfast
Highlights
- Workshop
Tour Notes: You will need to have a reasonable level of fitness to get the most out of this holiday. On excursion days you will need to walk a short distance from the hotel to the coach and you should be able to board the coach unaided. On arrival at the excursion destination, you should be able to alight the coach unaided and there may be a walk between the coach drop off point and the excursion venue. By their nature, walking tours, museum visits etc involve being on your feet for a significant amount of time. Whilst our excursions are taken at a leisurely pace, for the enjoyment of everyone in the group you should be able to keep up with your fellow travellers.
Accommodation
You will stay for five nights at the Galway Bay Hotel.
