Yarn Safaris would love to plan and organize the perfect day trip or overnight tour for your guild or group. Customized tours are available for groups of 15 or more. Relax by traveling together on a bus or in a van, catch up with one another, get to know new members and knit or stitch. Celebrate a birthday or special event with a yarn crawl. Or, if you are visiting Boston or New England, let Yarn Safaris put together a dream fiber tour for you and your group – whether you have one day or one week to explore the region. Below are some ideas for group outings.
Fiber Festivals:Sheep and wool festivals are the best places to meet and support local fiber producers. Buy fleeces, roving and hand-dyed yarns from the source, meet the animals who produce the fibers you love to work with, and get to know the shepherds who care for them and spin and dye one-of-a-kind yarns.
Yarn Shop Crawl:What could be more decadent than visiting several local yarn stores in one day without the hassle of parking? Can you decide on your favorite after back-to-back stops? This tour is perfect for locals as well as for visitors to the Boston area. Tour destinations include greater Boston, the North Shore, Cape Cod, the Berkshires, and Freeport, Maine.
Shop & Learn After Hours:Take over a yarn shop with your guild, preview new yarns, and browse to your heart's content. Review a project challenge with knitting instructors or choose the yarn for your next project. Stock up on supplies for your holiday gifts and charity projects and get a headstart on them on the bus on the way home.
Fiber Arts Then and Now:Combine a visit to one of New England’s noteworthy textile museums, such as the American Textile History Museum in Lowell with a tour of a nearby fiber farm or studio.
Fiber and Flowers:Fiber farms that create unique hand-dyed yarns and garden centers that specialize in native varieties of plants are the perfect combination. Let gardening inspire your fibercraft or vice versa.
Completely Customized Tours:Can't find exactly what you are looking for? Yarn Safaris will work closely with you to design a personalized fiber vacation for your group or guild. Click here to email Yarn Safaris.