KnittingTours.com Arvostelua 

wonderful tour guide and bus driver couldn't have had a better experience

Well organized with great attention to detail. The accommodations and food were fabulous. The classes were lots of fun. Our tour guide and driver were wonderful.

Friendly and extremely knowledgeable tour guide. Our bus driver was very accommodating too!

The tour was very well organized, hotels and food were great, and knitting sessions wonderfull. I would have liked a visit to a yarn shop, not only with wool yarn. And I thought the visit to the museum in Dublin was not worth it.
Driver and guide were excellent!

Well organised tour to the Shetland Islands. The tour guide was very knowledgable about where we travelled and some of the history of Shetland. The bus driver was courteous and helpful at all times and willing to go out of his way, as time allowed, to give us the opportunity to see other things. The workshops were run by very talented women who shared their skill and knowledge in a way we could all benefit. The other tourist places were visited were in keeping with the theme of fibre and were interesting even for non knitters. I have come home with wonderful memories and new skills.

I came for the knitting workshops, and left in awe of the many creative designers Shetland has produced. The visits to the designers were inspiring.

Everything was planned to perfection. The accommodations and meals were very good. The people in Shetland were warm, friendly and helpful. The tour manager and bus driver were wonderful. The farewell dinner I will remember for the rest of my life.

When I missed a connection, Irish Tourism was very helpful in getting us connected with the tour. All in all it was a first class experience.

Amazing variety of classes and attractions, great guide and driver, meals included were great.

The trip was wonderful! The tour guide and driver handled everything from picking up our bags from our rooms to meals and hotel stays. I went by myself for my first ever international trip and they picked me up at the airport, took care of everything for the whole trip, and took me back to the airport when it was over. I highly recommend KnittingTours.com!

The team was very helpful and attentive to making it a wonderful experience

Everything about the tour was top notch. The tour guides were extremely knowledgeable and friendly. The hotels were great as was the food and atmosphere. Our bus driver “Peadar” was so competent, knowledgeable and fun…he greatly added to the experience!

Great venues to visit. Staff very responsive and caring to our requests.

We had a wonderful tour guide and bus driver. Our guide provided so much information as we drove through Scotland and the Shetland Island. Our bus driver was competent, kind and funny!

The tour included so many fiber related activities: lace knitting and Fair Isle workshops, museums, archeological sites. Our meals were delicious and our accommodations were comfortable and in great locations.

The Scotland & Highlands Knitting Tour was wonderful in every way. Each day was filled with different and interesting experiences, from workshops with experienced teachers to museums and local pub lunches. The meals were excellent and accomodated every dietary need. I loved the hotels and found them top-notch. I was so happy with my trip that I am considering booking another. I can't wait to go again!

Our bus driver and our tour guide were wonderful.

This was a first-class trip from the first time I contacted them until my flight back home! It was all I imagined it would be. Not only did I enjoy visiting Ireland but I learned some new Aran knit techniques and made some new knitting friends. It has inspired me to be more adventurous with my knitting. I will look forward to a future trip.

Our trip was well-planned and executed, crossing the nation. The combination of meeting with knitting designers, trips to see a variety of site ranging from museums to farms kept the entertainment level of the trip at a real high.

A knowledgeable and friendly guide with a great sense of humour together with an interesting tour itinerary combined with opportunities to learn knitting skills.

I don’t normally take organized tours, but decided to try this as it focused on my interest in knitting and textiles. The tour also went to areas I was interested in seeing (the NW coast of Ireland and Northern Ireland) and didn’t try to cover too large an area in one trip.

The tour was amazing…well organized, with plenty of free time to explore destinations and not feel overly regimented. Our tour guide was knowledgeable and charming, and she made an effort to direct each of us to particular sites or shops of interest, depending on our own preferences. Even our bus driver contributed to the experience, joking and chatting with us, and sharing his own memories of growing up in Belfast, which was a remarkably personal and meaningful experience.

We had opportunities to meet local people throughout the trip, and delighted in hearing native Irish speakers and learning about traditional crafts.

I would gladly travel with this company again. Irish Knitting Tours delivered on its promises, and gave me a most memorable experience.

This tour was a great experience. It was my first time with a tour and I loved all of it. Our guide and our driver were knowledgeable, very helpful, and friendly. The classes were fun as well as educational. The accommodations were very good and the staff was friendly and helpful. I would highly recommend Irish Tourism.

The hotels, tourist attractions and classes were excellent. The tour guide, driver, and food was also very good. The concerns I have are regarding the management of Covid when a participant became sick.
1. There seemed so much confusion as to what the guide should do. I would think there would be a protocol to follow.
2. Nothing was done to mitigate the spread of Covid. It would make sense to have everyone mask up on the bus, socially distance at supper and sadly cancel the last class on the Aran islands
3. Were the class instructors notified that they were exposed to Covid? The Fibre Center notified?
I would think that Irish Tourism would have a very succinct protocol; it was not apparent. This issue impacted all of us and I was REALLY disappointed to the extent that I’m not sure I would tour with them again.