Strung Along Retreats take place several times a year (almost always Spring, June and November) and provide a unique opportunity for knitters (and sometimes spinners) to indulge their interests and have an opportunity to fill their creative wells to the brim.  We hold them at The Resort at Port Ludlow, and all the rooms have soaker/jacuzzi tubs and fireplaces, and all the food is about as far from regular hotel fare as you can get.

***A little note here: The June and November Retreats have rather long “lists”, that’s people who’ve expressed an interest in coming. We work the lists in order when it’s time to register people, and some accept and some decline, and sometimes everyone from The List ends up coming, and sometimes not. This year for some reason The List for those two retreats are very long – long enough that we’re not hopeful about people who join The List at this point. Not hopeless, but definitely a longer shot as we go along. If you would like to come to a retreat this year, SPRING (Weekend of March 6th, scroll down) is the only one we have spots for right now. Email info@strungalong.ca***

We work with the Resort’s executive chef on menus you’ll love, add optional wine flights and make sure it’s a knitterly event to remember. We’re really proud of these retreats, and we work hard to make sure they’re a relaxing, fun and gorgeous treat for knitters and spinners.

For 2026, our retreats are:

Spring-NOW SIGNING UP beginning March the 6th, when you’ll check in (or you can check in the day before and attend a bonus workshop that day) and we’ll have a little welcome, and then classes run Saturday the 7th, Sunday the 8th, and Monday the 9th, and the retreat will end that evening, around 8:30. Most knitters go home Tuesday morning.

Our teachers or this retreat are Stephanie Pearl-McPhee and Debbi Stone and our theme this time is “Little Things”. We’re going to focus on beads and lace and other little things, and in our classrooms we’ll focus on those. At the Spring retreat we’ve chosen to have a day of optional workshops on Friday, and then for the three days of the retreat you’ll spend two in classes and a third day is to rest and enjoy the retreat. In the morning there’s a field trip to visit some sheep and learn more about wool, and then in the afternoon you’re free as a bird. You can book a massage, go for a hike, rent a kayak, knit on the porch and watch the herons, nap, use the jacuzzi tub in your room… knit with new friends or some of the ones you bring with you.

Optional workshops: Right now Stephanie is planning a day of mending and repair techniques. Debbi is planning a workshop where you’ll make your own dressmakers dummy out of duct tape. Both classes cost $260, are six hours long, and include lunch at the resort. If you’d like to tack one on to your retreat, let us know when you respond and we’ll do that – and if you know a friend who would enjoy one of them, you can let them know too (though retreaters get the first crack at it.)

June Retreat, (Currently on waitlist) June the 5th is when you’ll check in (or check in the day before for optional workshops) and we’ll have a little welcome, and then classes run Saturday the 6th, Sunday the 7th, and Monday the 8th, and the retreat will end that evening, around 8:30. Most knitters go home Tuesday morning.

This retreat is affectionately called “Knit, Play, Cook” and has knitting and cooking. You’ll have two days of knitting/fibre play, and spend a day in cooking classes and field trips. Stephanie & Debbi and Chef Dan Ratigan will be your teachers, and you’ll spend a day with each of us. Our theme for the retreat is Flora and Fauna, and we’ll be looking at fibre work inspired by animals and plants.

Chef Dan and his team will take you into the kitchen and on a field trip to local farms and a cidery (last year there were baby goats) and you’ll work with Dan’s team to expand your skills in the kitchen. If you’ve been to the retreat before, know that Dan is always changing this class up, and we love it.

(This retreat is appropriate for knitters of any level, and people who can’t cook at all.)

The workshops precede this retreat too. Details to come.

November Retreat: (Currently on waitlist)

November 6th you’ll arrive in the afternoon for our little gathering (or arrive the day before and attend a workshop) Classes run the 7th, 8th and 9th. Most knitters go home the next morning.   This retreat is for textile artists who are both knitters and spinners and Carson Demers will join us as our spinning teacher. Our theme for this retreat is “Start to Finish.”

We’ll have workshops before this one too, details to come.

Every time we do a retreat,  It begins the evening of the Friday (unless you’re coming to the workshops) and then has three full days of classes Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and then off you go. Each student takes all three classes, you don’t have to choose. There’s always a gathering Monday evening, so most knitters go home Tuesday morning, or whenever it suits them.

The cost of the retreats are $1075 and includes three days of really beautiful meals, three full days of classes, fun surprises, and almost all your materials.  (It doesn’t include accommodations, but the Resort provides our retreaters with a special rate and there’s some shareable rooms, if you’re coming with a friend. We can’t help you sort out who gets first dibs on the tub.)

To sign up for the retreat, email us at info@strungalong.ca and Debbi or I will write you back, and confirm all the details. If you’ve got any questions we didn’t answer here, we’d love to hear from you too.  If you’d like to talk to some people who’ve been there, we’ve got a very nice Ravelry Group.

On the Saturday of the retreat we often host a fantastic Community Marketplace – and it’s awesome, and it’s open to everyone. If you’re nearby, you’d probably love it, and if you’re a retreater, you’re more than welcome to a free table to show off whatever it is you make.

If you’re a business, and you’d like to contribute something wonderful for our retreaters, we’d love to hear from you too. We’ll do our best to showcase it.

Info@strungalong.ca

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