Events

PEI Fibre Festival – October 5 to 7th, 2023. Mikey is hosting four workshops with a maximum of 15 people per workshop. Workshops are instead learning from the beginning, becoming an online influencer, mosaic crochet and ripple afghan making. Workshops are open for bookings. Prices are by the festival. Book directly through the festival.

Crochet at Lake Tahoe – Full Crochet Retreat with our friends at Jimmy Beans Wool. October 18 to 22nd, 2023. SOLD OUT. Book directly through Jimmy Beans Wool. There is a waiting list.

Crochet At Lake Tahoe is tentatively scheduled to be a yearly event with our friends at Jimmy Beans. Registration for 2024 will open up sometime in the fall. Stay tuned for details.

Christmas on the Rhine River – Hosted by Michael and Daniel, starting November 30 to December 7th, 2023. There is an optional pre-cruise tour option that starts Zurich, Switzerland. The ship is boarded in Basel, Switzerland. The pre-cruise option will drop us off at the ship on departure day. We will meet you there for those opting not to do the pre-cruise. We are meandering doing the Rhine River and will end up in Amsterdams. All tours, meals, and accommodations are included. On board AMAwaterways Siena River Ship. For more details, visit here. Contact our agent, Sherry Leybovich, for bookings.

Alaska Crochet Guild Retreat – TENATIVELY SCHEDULED. Full retreat at Big Lake, Alaska, at Camp Maranatha. Hosted by the Guild. September 12 to 15th, 2024. You need to be part of the guild to participate. Mikey is hosting this retreat with workshops.

Spain-Intensive 10-Day Adventure – Starting in Barcelona, Spain and finishing in Lisbon, Portugal and starting October 27th to November 6, 2024. This is a small river cruise ship; we will run into each other in the evenings. Cruisers will be in the only lounge on the boat. There may be entertainment running simultaneously to enjoy with crocheters by your side, on board Azaruma Onward. See the booklet below for this trip.

Crochet Mystery Retreat 2025 – Planning has started, but we don’t have any information to share on dates. Locations are being looked at, and pricing is being reviewed. You can sign up to be notified here. This event is expected to be sold out before social media is advised that it’s available. Be sure to sign up to get the notification to make a decision. Tickets are sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are 50 people maximum for this event, which includes any non-crocheters that come, as we are limited to the coach bus. We don’t mind spouses or friends coming. This is an adult-based event as the crocheters tend to relax and speak in adult language and story-sharing situations.

Specifics

Christmas Markets on the Rhine River – Jingle Balls Tour Both Mikey and Daniel – January 19, 2023. There are 10 cabins left allotted to our party book.
- We may have a surprise for this event—details on crochet hook sizes and more will be released later.
- This is a port-intensive vacation. You may want to group with others who share your tour or day adventure interests. The ship will have tours that match the guests’ lifestyles, such as activity and intensity levels. Some activities may involve hills, cobble-stones and uneven surfaces.
- Bring an ugly Christmas Sweater with you. 😉
- IN DEVELOPMENT – Decorate the Ship’s Christmas Tree. Create one handmade crochet ornament for the tree. A dedicated event for trimming the tree will be on one of the evenings. We will have a list of suggestions in July 2023. Keep your ornament family-friendly.
- IN DEVELOPMENT – We are working on the Christmas Pass It On concept. Wrap a new item as a gift—minimum value $10 USD. Suggested items can be yarn ball(s); please include a whole and yarn ball label. If yarn, please ensure the yarn is smoke and pet-hair-free. Do not expect the same value to be returned to you if you go over. If you choose not to bring a gift, you must sit this out and let others who got something exchange. We are at the Christmas Markets, so if you forget, you can always find something in Europe if you want to play along. Please ensure the gift has no religious tone, inappropriate look, or meaning, as anyone can be the gift’s receiver.
- If you choose to make a crochet Christmas or Santa / Elf Hat, you may want to bring it.
- This is a small river cruise ship; we will run into each other in the evenings. Cruisers will be in the only lounge on the boat. There may be entertainment running simultaneously to enjoy with crocheters by your side.

Spain Intensive 10 Night Starting In Barcelona Spain – Begins Oct 27, 2024
- We will be working on further details on ship details and meet-up times.
- This is a small river cruise ship; we will run into each other in the evenings. Cruisers will be in the only lounge on the boat. There may be entertainment running simultaneously to enjoy with crocheters by your side.

See below for more details.

Bring Your Yarn

What about all the sponsored yarn? Because we no longer teach and host a conference, we no longer have the stress and additional work to provide yarn for our trips. Shipping pallets of yarn is an enormous cost and is limited to where it can go. You can bring your projects with you. We might even have a theme, and we can all work on something together for charity.

If you have any questions, please contact our agent via Email. When you sign up on the form, your credit card will not be charged until our agent speaks to you to ensure you have booked properly. Necessary information is collected, such as meal preferences, accessibility issues and more.

Sherry Leybovich

In collaboration with Sherry Leybovich, franchise owner of Cruise Planners™ based in Florida as our partner in the event planning. The Crochet Cruises has become a staple event travel dedicated to the art of crochet and, more importantly, the crochet community for an extended travel vacation.