Creative Knitters Retreat ~ Event Registration

Join us at the Newport Harbor Island Resort for an unforgettable weekend of Creative Knitting! 

Join us February 13-15th, 2026 to recharge, be inspired, and connect on a deeper level with your fellow Creative Knitters and Knit Collage team members Amy S, Cheryl, Pia and Amy Mac. 

We invite you to join us for our first ever Creative Knitters retreat! Connect with each other in person and experience the coastal New England charm of Newport, Rhode Island in mid-Winter.  

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT $100 off event cost (automatically applies at checkout) through 11:59pm PT Wednesday, November 12th! 

What’s Included: 

• Shuttle to/from and entry fee for The Breakers Mansion (more info below). 
• Beverages and light snack fare Friday evening
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday
• Breakfast Sunday morning

What’s Not Included: 

• Room Cost (you will book your room directly through Newport Harbor Island Resort - more info below)
• Transportation to and from the resort (except for listed shuttle activities), parking on site
• Dinner Friday evening
  

Accommodations

We will be hosting the retreat at Newport’s premier waterfront resort, Newport Harbor Island Resort. Amenities include a 24/7 fitness center, heated indoor pool, full-service on site spa, in room dining, cozy fire pits, and complimentary transportation to & from Bowen’s Wharf in Downtown Newport. Click here for their Digital Resort Guide.

After securing your event registration on this page, we will send you an email with the link and phone number to book your hotel room for the length of the retreat. We have a discounted room block for $219 a night (tax not included).  

Check-in at 4 p.m. on Friday and Check-out on Sunday at 11 a.m.

Have additional questions? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions blog right here.

Any dietary restrictions or additional accommodations you need to feel comfortable? Let us know right here.

Full Retreat Itenary:

Friday Evening
Arrival and reception. Get settled into your room with your extra special, curated "Swag Bag" at Newport Harbor Island Resort and then join the group for a relaxed evening of getting to know each other and engaging in our favorite activity—knitting! Light snacks will be provided.

Saturday
Begin the morning by enjoying a catered breakfast with the group before settling in for our first workshop of the day:

Crochet Embellished Pillow with Cheryl and Pia

Alongside the knit coaches we will learn and master the crochet embellishment techniques used on the Wandering Vine Cardi and we will create a pillow inspired by the design. We’ll all contribute a bit of stash yarn to a central table that we will pull from to create our crochet flower motifs to applique. We will also learn to apply surface crochet details to our foundation swatches, and learn how to “seam” together using an applied i-cord edge. In this workshop we will learn to tap into the creativity that already exists within and learn to trust the journey. Everyone will get to go home with their own unique pillow creation (or bag if that’s more your thing!).

Following a short break, we will enjoy a mini 1-hour workshop: 

How to knit a Latvian braid

This decorative trim technique is useful for everything from hat brims to sock hems and takes your finished objects up to a new level of polish.

After the morning workshops, we will break for a group lunch before a fun-filled afternoon of site seeing activities.

Together, we will tour the iconic Gilded Age mansion: The Breakers. The Breakers, constructed for the Vanderbilt family, is the grandest of Newport’s historic summer residences, and not to be missed!

Wind down for the evening with a catered meal and apres dinner knitting in the lounge. We’ll have a finished object show-and-tell, so bring one of your all time favorites to show off to one another. We will also have a fun white elephant style fiber tool/yarn exchange!

Sunday
Enjoy breakfast with the group before we close with a final workshop:

Prepping a Knit Collage Fiber

Ever wondered what the first step in creating one of our unique yarns is? This workshop will give you a first hand, behind-the-scenes look at our fiber prep process. Together we will explore drum carding and create our own bespoke fiber batts. All attendees will get to leave the retreat with their own piece of this one-of-a-kind fiber and an inspiration guide for how to put the wool to use!

Finally we will bid farewell to each other after a weekend of fiber-joy!

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The fine print:
This retreat registration is only available to current Creative Knitter Members.

*Cancellation + Payment Policy: No refunds after January 13th. There are no exceptions. All requests for refunds must be two-fold: requests for refunds for accommodations must be made through Newport Harbor Island Resort and all refund requests for the CK Retreat portion of the package must be made through Knit Collage. Knit Collage will not facilitate room cancellation, refund, swaps or additional charges on your behalf. In the event of unusual and unforeseen circumstances beyond our control (such as conflict or natural disaster) Knit Collage reserves the right to reschedule the Creative Knitters Retreat.

Cost shown here is for the event activities, workshops and listed included meals only, you will need to book your hotel room separately after securing your event registration on this page. 

Release: I have read all the above policy information and by signing up I agree to assume all risk of personal harm or injury related to or resulting from participating in all workshops and activities associated with the retreat and to hold Knit Collage and its teacher harmless as to liability for any such harm or injury.