Day 1: Arrival
Upon arrival, you check in to your centrally located hotel and have the rest of the day free.
Day 2: Master class with Marja and Hilly at Trollenwol & Visit to a Sheep Factory
In the morning after breakfast, you head to Trollenwol. Learn about Bohus knitting with master knitters and designers Hilly van der Sluis and Marja de Haan. You will head to a sheep farm afterward.
After the tour, you return to your hotel and have the rest of the day at your leisure.
Day 3: Castle tour along the Langbroekerwetering
Today you meet your guide and driver and start an exciting day trip to the castles along the Langbroekerwetering. You will visit a fairy-tale castle Haarzuilens, castle Beverweerd and other manors in the area. The highlight of the day will be the Wind Mill in Wijk Bij Duurstede.
After the tour, you will have some free time to check the knitting shops in the area.
Day 4: Departure
Following breakfast in your hotel, you check out and depart from Utrecht.
Day 1: Arrival
Welcome to Dusseldorf, the capital of the most populous German federal state called North Rhine-Westphalia. Upon arrival, you check in to your centrally-located hotel. The rest of the evening is free for you to start exploring the city on your own.
Day 2: Dusseldorf City Tour & Rhine Cruise
Following breakfast, you embark on an exciting journey throughout the history and modern life of Dusseldorf. You start from the heart of the city - its famous Altstadt (Old Town). Together with your private guide you stroll through the maze of little streets, discover the "longest bar in the world", learn about the early ages of Heinrich Heine, famous German poet, and admire at the gothic St. Lambertus church, the Rider statue and Rhine embankment Promenade.
Your walking part ends at Burgplatz pier from where you start a panoramic cruise on the Rhine River. Your public boat ride covers the route from Altstadt to the MedienHafen and back. MedienHafen, in its turn, is a modern district famous as one of the most spectacular urban revitalization project.
After the tour you return to the hotel and have the rest of the day free.
Day 3: Departure
Following breakfast, you check out and depart from the city.
Day 4: Day Trip to Addi Knitting Needle Company in Altena
In several hours you will arrive in Altena and visit the famous Addi factory - the family company producing knitting needles and crochet hooks for 190 years. You will have a tour around the company and afterward, have some time to discuss and test some novelties.
After the tour, your driver will take you to your hotel in Dortmund. The rest of the evening is free.
Day 5: Departure
After breakfast, you check-out and walk to the train station to depart to Hamburg.
Day 5: Day trip to Damsdorf with Martina Behm Master Class
Welcome to the major port city in northern Germany, Hamburg! Upon arrival, your driver meets you at the train station and takes you to Damsdorf to meet Martina Behm for an exciting master class. After it, you will be taken back to Hamburg to check-in your centrally located hotel.
After check-in, the rest of the evening is free for you to enjoy the city on your own.
Day 6: Departure
Following breakfast, you check out and depart from Hamburg.
Day 6: Arrival & Ferry to Fano
Upon arrival, your driver meets you at the train station and takes you to the pier to board a ferry to Fano.
Upon arrival, your driver takes you to your centrally located hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to relax and enjoy the island.
Following breakfast, you will have the whole day dedicated to a master class with Christel.
Christel will introduce you to her work by showing hundreds of inspiring pictures of her inspirations sources as well as her models. She calls herself a lazy knitter, which is hard to believe when you see her amazing designs, and she promises you, that you will be incredibly inspired to start your own personal "Seyfarth" model.
Christel Seyfarth paints with wool, and her motto is: "life is too short to knit back-rows and to sew in ends". Even though her work seems incredibly difficult to do, she keeps everything simple, and her way of knitting and her approach to colorwork is so inspiring and fun to do. You will look at colorwork in an entirely different way after having met Christel and her techniques.
During the masterclass you will be introduced to your own pattern making, learn to paint with colors, to knit fair-isle, to do "magic-balls", knot- and felt ends, steeking and how to add borders, pipings, etc.
The evening is free for you.
The day is free for you to enjoy the island, have a walk around and visit knitting stores.
Following breakfast, you check out and head to the pier to board a ferry to Esbjerg.
Day 9: Departure to Copenhagen
Upon arrival in Esbjerg, your driver takes you to the train station to board a train to Copenhagen.
Day 9: Arrival
Welcome to the historical "harbor of merchants" and the outstanding capital of Denmark - Copenhagen! Upon arrival, you are met by your private driver, who transfers you to the hotel for check-in.
The rest of the day is free so you can start exploring the magnificent city center on your own, dine in one of the local restaurants or take a good rest in your comfortable room.
Day 10: Copenhagen City Tour
After breakfast at the hotel you meet your private guide at the lobby and go on a breathtaking panoramiс walking city tour of Copenhagen.
First, you proceed to the Rosenborg Castle where you witness the famous Changing of the Royal Guard ceremony at the front gates of the Palace. During the tour you enjoy the views of the City Hall and Christiansborg Palace that is home to the Danish Parliament, stroll across Kongens Nytorv and see the buildings of the Old Stock Exchange and the Royal Theater.
The highlight of the tour is a visit to Uldstedet knitting shop where you meet the owner.
After the tour, you return to your hotel and have the evening at leisure to visit famous knitting shops in Copenhagen.
Day 11: Departure
Following breakfast in your hotel, you check out and depart from Copenhagen.
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