What can you expect when you attend the
Knitting by the Sea Retreat?

  • Lots of fun and chatting with fellow knitters and yarn enthusiasts, including time to catch up with and make new friends 

  • Friday night buffet dinner, guest lecture by the retreat knitting instructor, lots of door prizes, ongoing shenanigans, and dessert served nightly. You will receive one breakfast voucher that you may use either Saturday or Sunday. 

  • A fabulous goody bag (valued at more than $150) which includes a knitting project bag and a Knitting by the Sea Retreat-exclusive signature yarn from a nationally-known yarn dyer

  • Optional add-on: knitting classes with an accredited instructor (cost not included in retreat price—details and registration to be posted soon!).

  • A great raffle with a super colossal grand prize and two other grand prizes

  • Saturday Vendor Marketplace for all things knitting related (Open to non-attendees as well!)

  • Lots of time to knit on your current project or start something new in a beautiful location

  • The beach is right outside the door, and visible from every hotel room

Weekend

Agenda

Make your Hotel Reservation (use code "TKGV26")
Registration Open Now!

March 20-22, 2026

Hilton Garden Inn
5353 N Virginia Dare Trail
Kitty Hawk, NC 27949

Friday, March 20 (4 pm – 10 pm)

  • Registration & Goody Bags

  • Friday Buffet Dinner

  • Lecture by Tonia Lyons

  • Social Knitting

Saturday, March 21 (8 am – 10 pm)

  • Gentle Chair Yoga Session (TBD) (optional)

  • Breakfast (hotel voucher provided for either Saturday or Sunday)

  • Group Picture

  • Morning Class (and Afternoon Classes Available (optional; separate registration required)

  • Social Knitting (all day)

  • Lunch on your own

  • Vendor Marketplace (Noon - 4:00 pm)

  • Dinner on your own

  • Dessert and Evening Shenanigans

Sunday, March 22 (8 am – 2 pm)

  • Breakfast (hotel voucher provided for either Saturday or Sunday)

  • Raffle Drawing & Feedback Evaluations

  • Sunday swap table! Bring that skein of yarn you know you'll never use and leave with something you love! 

  • Morning Class (separate registration) or Social Knitting

  • Hotel Checkout by 11:00.

Suggested Packing List:

  • A pajamas for the Saturday night pajama party.

  • A completed project you're proud of for our Fashion Show.

  • An unfinished object for which you'd like some praise/support for the "you tried" portion of the Fashion Show.

  • Three $5 bills and three $1 bills for the "left-center-right" game (optional).

  • Cash for the open bar.

  • A pen/pencil.

  • Something for the swap table (a free exchange of yarns and notions from other knitters).