Nautical Knitting

Nautical Knitting

Date: Aug 4-Aug 6, 2025 (3 days)
Standard Bunk: $795 per person; includes all meals.
Stateroom: $845 per person double occupancy
Boarding Time: 09:30 Return: 15:00

 

Feel the wind in your hair as you breezily knit through this three-day, two-night sailing adventure through the San Juan Islands, with a stop in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island.

Rebecca Danger is a knitting designer and author who believes that knitting and crafting are a lifestyle, not just a hobby! She has 5 published books on knitting monsters and other toys, including what is perhaps her most popular book – The Big Book of Knitted Monsters. On this cruise she’ll be teaching everyone how to develop the techniques needed to knit up their own monsters and toys in a series of four classes: Toy Knitting Basics (magic loop, invisible cast on), Let’s Make a Baby Monster (knitting two separate things at the same time on the same needles, picking up stitches), Let’s Make a Mama Monster (picking up pocket stitches, jogless stripes), and Let’s Make Some Magic – Pocket Unicorn.

 Echo Mae and Heather Seevers, the Cephalopod Sisters of Northwest Yarns, will also be sailing on this cruise to introduce you to the region’s vibrant fiber arts scene, culture, and history.

This cruise is the perfect opportunity to escape your day-to-day routine, and set a course to knitting and adventure. In addition to taking classes, socializing and knitting, passengers on this cruise will also help crew the ship. Prepare to become a member of the Zodiac crew as you haul rope, raise the sails, and crew the ship’s sailing stations. You will also have an opportunity to learn the basics of navigating, steering the ship and standing watch. By the end of your trip, you will come away with new knitting inspiration and nautical skills!

Sign up now for this adventure cruise and regale your friends and family with sailing yarns for years to come. We can’t wait to see you on the ship!

To book a reservation please call us at (206) 719-7622

CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

  • 3-days sailing and exploring the San Juan Islands
  • Navigational and Sail training aboard a classic tall ship
  • Delicious and hearty meals and snacks served from the ship’s galley
  • Daily Knitting Seminars and Instruction
  • Plenty of wildlife sightings including bald eagles, porpoises, seals and whales

Part of the adventure of sailing is that wind and tide may alter your course. For this reason the Zodiac may deviate from it’s intended route at the captain’s discretion. Bearing this in mind, the captain and crew will always endeavor to give passengers the most incredible experience possible. Already booked and wondering what to pack? See our handy packing list.

“What an adventure! This is a hands-on experience! Duty rotations include chart room, helm, bow watch and messenger. And everyone helps to raise the sails. The captain and all-volunteer crew are fun and ever-watchful over their charges. No surprise here…good food and plenty of it for very hungry people….”
– TripAdvisor Review 2016