Current Featured Cruises
Our programs are hand-crafted to create experiences that are impossible to duplicate when traveling alone. No matter which trip you choose, you'll be exposed to new cultures, given unique opportunities to meet the locals and form new friendships that will last a lifetime. You'll learn about history, art, flora, fauna, food, and nature in ways that would be impossible on your own.
Select from one of our pre-designed trips or custom design your own. If you have an idea for a future cruise or would like to put something together with a particular group in mind please go to the create your own cruise section of our site to learn more and to submit your ideas.
Join Craft Cruises™ and Shipwreck Bead's leading bead instructor, Carol Bauer on a voyage of discovery to America's last frontier. Beading classes will be offered at all skill levels. Never beaded? No problem, introductory learn to bead sessions will be offered "on demand". Are you an experienced beader? Enjoy up to 18 class hours covering a variety of beading techniques.
Alaska. The very name evokes images of soaring eagles, breaching whales, glaciers glowing blue in the midnight sun. So close, yet so far away. Accessed through some of the most scenic cruising waters in the world: the famed Inside Passage, studded with majestic fjords and charming coastal towns, and the rugged, glacier-lined Gulf of Alaska.
Combine all this with an inspring educational program where you will improve your skills, make new friends and take home memories that will last a lifetime.
Join Craft Cruises™ on a voyage that will go beyond your imagination. Join Craft Cruises™ and Tulasi Zimmer from the Joy of Handspinning as we sail out of Seattle's lovely Puget Sound.
This cruise features an extensive onboard educational program that includes handspinning, knitting and beading. Cruising out of Seattle will give handspinners from across the country and from around the world the opportunity to explore this "Emerald City" and to shop at some of the best fiber art stores in the country.
Join Craft Cruises™ and set sail from Venice, Italy to Barcelona, Spain this October with creative fiber artist and author of "Knitaly", Jane Thornley. October is one of the best months to cruise these magical waters. Join us and be inspired where for centuries, so many famous artists have gained their inspiration.
Set sail with Joan Schrouder and Judy Pascale to one of the most scenic cruising areas in the world, the Hawaiian Islands. This cruise itinerary offers the ultimate in onboard class time, enjoying the luxury of shipboard living and exploring some of the most topographically interesting islands in the world.
Join us this December for a lace knitting cruise to remember. This will be our first ever Christmas Knitting Cruise with Myrna Stahman. Join Craft Cruises™ and Myrna Stahman with a lace making adventure down the Danube River.
Join two creative experts, Melody MacDuffee and Julia Bryant on a Panama Canal adventure. Learn advanced crochet and jewelry making techniques onboard a luxury cruise ship. Onboard you will be pampered while learning new skills and ashore you will be dazzled by natural beauty and inspired by different cultures. On this cruise you will experience the best of the Caribbean, Central America, the Canal and the Bahamas.
Join Craft Cruises™ and Melody MacDuffee on a bead and jewelry making cruise for experienced artisans who want to improve their jewelry making skills and learn new methods of creativity. You will have plenty of inspiration on this adventure that includes the best of the Caribbean, Panama Canal and Costa Rica. Come have fun as we get off the beaten path this January.
We had such a blast in China in 2009 we are going back again in 2010 and are including Japan on this trip. Check out this itinerary and onboard educational program and call us today to make your reservation.
Okay crocheters you've been asking for more cruises to exotic destinations so this year we are including Japan, China, Russia and Korea in addition to the Panama Canal, Costa Rica, Bermuda and Alaska. Asia is fantastic and we had such a blast in China in 2009 we are going back again in 2010 and have included Japan and Korea.
This cruise offers the best of Alaska. Join Lucy Neatby and Donna Druchunas on a knitting adventure of Musk Ox and Glaciers. Learn about Qiviut, increase your skills and make lots of new friends both onboard and while in port.
What could be better than the Crochet Dude in the Caribbean? The Crochet Dude in Alaska! Drew Emborsky will be teaching along with crocheting expert Myra Wood. Join us onboard an unforgettable crocheting cruise to Alaska. June is a fantastic time to visit since the Bald Eagles are migrating and the days are long.
Check it out! Our first Mixed Media Paper Art cruise! We are excited to be launching new crafts onboard our cruises in 2010. Join us and have a blast unleashing your wildly creative side while enjoying the gorgeous landscapes of Canada and Alaska.
This will be our first Needlepoint Cruise and we've teamed up with Art Needlepoint Co. and Janet Perry to offer an enriching and inspiring onboard class program. Art Needlepoint is one of the industry's leading canvass producers and Janet is the Internet's leading expert in needlepoint.
Join Lily Chin out of her hometown, New York, and Joyce Renee Wyatt on a Holland America crocheting cruise to Bermuda. Bermuda is an all time favorite and the end of June is the best time to visit. Bermuda is an idyllic island with private hidden coves and blushing pink sand beaches. With its pastel houses, dramatic seascapes and friendly people you'll be sure to love it.
Join Lily Chin and Joyce Renee Wyatt on a Holland America knitting cruise to Bermuda. This cruise is perfect for an inspiring onboard knitting program balanced with just enough time in port. Bermuda is an idyllic island with private hidden coves and blushing pink sand beaches. With its pastel houses, dramatic seascapes and friendly people you'll be sure to love it.
We invite you to join us on our first Craft Cruises for Kids™ sailing to the Beautiful island of Bermuda. Craft Cruises for Kids™ is a unique opportunity to have your children experience The Handwork Studio needle arts program, where learning and fun will be the primary focus.
When you cruise with The Handwork Studio, your kids will spend their time moving between creative activities such as knitting, crocheting, embroidery, hand and machine sewing and crafts. Each class is project based and will center around a fun filled theme sure to delight kids of all ages. The pride your child will feel will be remembered for a lifetime. Not only will they have a wonderful time but they will be working on math and fine motor skills, social development and patience by sticking with a long term project. The result: Making really cool projects with new friends while having Fun! Fun! Fun!
Join us and you will be setting sail with two very successful East Coast yarn store owners, Jill Deal and Leslye Solomon on this journey of enrichment. Jill Deal Inc. is located in in the heart of picturesque Milford, PA. Leslye Solomon operates Woolstock Yarn Shop located in Glyndon, Maryland just outside Baltimore.
Join Chrissie Day and Chris Bylsma for an enriching journey to a region steeped in knitting tradition and amazing coastal scenery. Learn new techniques using yarns of the region while meeting new friends and visiting some of the most culturally rewarding ports in Europe.
Join Sally Meliville and Beth Brown-Reinsel on a knitting cruise to Scotland, Ireland, England and the Channel Islands next year and prepare to be inspired. Learn tons of new skills and gain creative inspiration from two of the most well known knitters in the fiber world.