Web Buzz: CraftTours.com helps craft enthusiasts travel with purpose
Calling all crafters: Grab your embroidery needles and a map — it’s time to multitask your vacation.
Name: CraftTours.com
What it does: The website connects craft instructors with those who would like to combine travel with their passion for scrapbooking, quilting, crocheting, wood turning and more.
What’s hot: Its tours make it possible for crafters to visit workshops and meet artisans around the world. A 10-day Crocheting in the Emerald Isle tour includes a morning workshop with a Celtic crochet project, a sheep-shearing demonstration on a farm and tours of the Cliffs of Moher, Killarney, a stop at the Blarney Woollen Mills and more. An eight-day Cake & Sugarcraft Tour includes the Cake Bake & Sweets Show in Sydney, Australia, and a nine-day Scrapbooking & Mixed Media Tour in Italy combines morning workshops with afternoon sightseeing in the medieval hill towns of Tuscany, the Cinque Terre, Florence and more. Tours are led by notable instructors in their field.
What’s not: Some of the online itinerary descriptions are so travel-heavy that you have to guess about the crafting. Others are very clear. If you want your crafting workshops to be more in-depth, check out the Crafting Cocoons.
— Jen Leo
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