About The Tour

Your 10 day trip to the charming heart of Sweden includes the following activities:

Workshops:

Saori Free Weaving
Traditional Dalarna Embroidery and Appliqué
Pottery
Traditional Bread Baking

Culture and Sightseeing:

Jobs Handtryck Printing Studio - Traditional Screen Printing
Leksands Hemslöjd - Sweden’s oldest handicraft shop and introduction to the art of wearing folk costumes.
Kulturhuset - Leksands museum with collections of dress, paintings and traditional painted furniture (kurbits).
Sundborn - The farm of artist Carl Larsson, the inspiration for most of his well known paintings, and the beautiful textiles woven and embroidered by his wife Karin.
Falun - World Heritage City, with Museums, shopping, attractive down town area etc.

Optional Add Ons & Extras

Yoga
Sauna
Siljansnäs Secondhand Emporium - a truly remarkable experience where you will surely find textile treasures!

The Workshops

The workshops are delivered in 4 hour sessions which include a morning or afternoon coffee. The number of sessions for each subject varies depending on how much time is required to complete your projects. All materials are included.

Saori free weaving. All levels of experience can enjoy this. If you are a weaver you can make your own warp, beginners enjoy a ready set up loom. Examples of projects you can weave and complete are a scarf or bag etc.

Embroidery. Traditional Dalarna embroidery as seen on folk costumes and free stitching, with or without appliqué.

Pottery. You will be able to produce a fired and glazed piece.

Baking. Traditional bread recipes baked in a wood fired oven. Make the dough, knead it, roll out or shape it and put it in the oven using a long wooden spade. Enjoy hot with butter and jam.

Accommodation

You will love staying in a traditional log cabin! Each cosy cabin has two private bedrooms with a shared living room, kitchen and bathroom. Sharing a cabin means you avoid having to pay a single supplement if you’re travelling solo whilst the bedrooms ensure you have your own space to relax.

Food & Drinks

We invite you to a welcome dinner the first evening where you can get to know everyone, and a farewell smörgåsbord the last day. All of your Breakfasts and Lunches are included. For the other dinners, which aren’t included, you can either cook in your self-catering log cabin, or eat at the adjacent hotel. There is an excellent shop in the village and also a kiosk selling burgers etc.

Numbers

This is a small group tour with a maximum of 10 participants - ensuring that everyone gets plenty of attention in the workshops. We expect it to be popular so if you are interested, get in touch!

Tour Languages

English, Swedish and Finnish.

Getting There

Detailed directions can be provided if necessary, but the easiest route is to fly to Stockholm, Arlanda Airport and catch the train. Conveniently, the railway station is in the airport so no difficult transfers. Travel to Leksand where we will meet you and drive you to Siljansnäs, about 20 minutes.

Cost

21,260 kr per person.

Note: As our costs for this tour are in Swedish Krona, our prices for this tour are in Swedish Krona, please check the current exchange rate to find the price in your home currency!

Next Tour: May 9th - 19th 2020 - Booking is open now! Please Contact Us to reserve your place.

Terms and Conditions

A reservation is confirmed by paying a 30% deposit.
The balance to be paid 6 weeks before the tour begins.