If you are an event coordinator and would like to consider hiring me for your event, please contact me.

Note: I am now booking events for 2025-2026. – LB

Upcoming Events:

2025

MDSW Woolfest

January 24, 25, and 26

Maryland Sheep and Wool hosts an online winter woolfest. Learn from the comfort of your home. What is also great is that you can sign up for a class even if you have a time conflict, because you can watch it later.

Clara Parkes is giving the keynote!

Check out all the classes, including two from me.

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Another January event, TBA.

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February event, TBA. Online. Big fun!

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Morocco With Lorilee Beltman and Wild Onion Productions

From Casablanca to Marrakesh April 24 – May 5. We need you! Pack your Bags!

Day 1: Morning travel from Casablanca to Rabat. Tour Rabat in our private coach, with a private, English-speaking tour guide. Welcome dinner and knitting an exclusive pattern from Lorilee.
Day 2: Depart for Chefchaoen, the Blue Pearl City. Explore the village with its Medina, famous waterfall, and 15th century mosque.
Day 3: Today is all about knitting, in our private classroom. Lorilee introduces us to vertical color knitting, with a pattern we can work on during our evening knitting times.
Day 4: Drive to Volubilis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on our way to spend the afternoon and tomorrow, in Fes.
Day 5: We stay in Fes today, touring the old quarter, ending with a visit to an embroidery workshop. Evening embroidery project with Wild Onion.
Day 6: Drive to Ifrane, then on to Midelt, before arriving in Erg Chebbi, our luxury camp site in the Sahara Desert.
Day 7: Today we’ll experience a knitting day at the desert camp, enjoying a class with Lorilee, and a dyeing project with Wild Onion. Adventure through the Saharan sand dunes on an optional camel ride.
Day 8: Travel through the Tinghir and Todra Gorges in the High Atlas Mountains, then the Dades Valley, proceeding on to Ourzazate, with a tour of Taourirt Kasbah, one of the most beautiful Kasbahs in Morocco.
Day 9: Visit a women’s weaving co-op, where we will watch the various steps of carpet making.
Day 10: Drive to Marrakech, crossing the High Atlas Mountains. Visit the Jemaa El Fna, the famous square in front of the Medina.
Day 11: Enjoy a private tour of Marrakech, with a visit to Koutoubia Mosque from the 12th century, and the Bahia Palace. At 4:00pm, depart for a private Moroccan cooking class; this is our Farewell Dinner.
Day 12: Depart for Casablanca Airport on private transportation.

Click here for all the info.

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September 11 – October 4 I’ll be in Christchurch, New Zealand. Hey, yarn shop owners, I’d love to do some classes while I am there! Please contact me.

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October 23-25 dates reserved for now.

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Knit Vermont

November 6 – 9, 2025, Norwich Inn, Norwich, Vermont. I look forward to joining all of you and our host Christine Walker of Peace Tree Fiber Adventures. Relax with good company in beautiful New England scenery.

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December 13 online class to be announced.

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Completed Events:

2024

Modern Daily Knitting Online classes for Bang Out a Sweater Series
Lancaster Yarn Shop Annual Knitter’s Retreat | Lancaster, PA
Modern Daily Knitting Annual Knitters retreat at Shakerag | Sewanee, TN
Grocery Girls East Coast Knitting Cruise

2023

Bazaar Girls Weekend Selbu Coasters & Mitt Workshop | Port Townsend, WA
Workshop with Modern Daily Knitting, Dee Hardwicke Cowl | online
Stitches West | Sacramento
Modern Daily Knitting Sinkmates Summer Camp | online

2022

(covid restrictions)
Stitches at Home April | online
Wellness, Sip, and Wool | online
Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival | Maryland
Stitches at Home January | online
Warren Ohio Knitting Guild | online
Carriage Works Knitting Retreat | Charlottesville, VA
Stitches SoCal | Pasadena
Craftsy/Craftours Knitting through Estonia and Latvia | land trip, December

2021

(covid restrictions)
Bazaar Girls Yarn Shop virtual class for beginners | Port Townsend, WA
Atlanta Knitting Guild | Atlanta, Georgia
Rochester Knitting Guild | Rochester, New York
Multiple Stitches At Home events

2020

(covid restrictions)
Vogue Knitting Live | New York, NY
Stitches West | Santa Clara, CA
Stitches United |Hartford, CT Cancelled, Covid-19
Lancaster Yarn Shop Knitter’s Retreat | Lancaster, PA Cancelled, Covid-19
Interweave Escapes | Trapp Family Lodge | Stowe, VT Cancelled, Covid-19
Knitting on a Lark with Lorilee | postponed to July 2021
Rochester Knitting Guild | Rochester, NY Cancelled, Covid-19
Zoom meeting with the Puddletown Knitters Guild | Portland, OR
Cindy Hallam Events, Virtual via Zoom
Stitches At Home September
Stitches October
Stitches November

2019

Vogue Knitting Live | New York, NY
Stitches West | Santa Clara, CA
Bazaar Girls Getaway Retreat | Port Townsend, WA
Northcoast Knitting Guild | Cleveland, OH
Interweave Escapes | Leavenworth, WA
Greater Buffalo Knitting Guild | Buffalo, NY
Stitches United | Atlanta, GA
Stitches Midwest | Schaumburg, IL
Fall Into Plucky | Hastings, MI
Stitches SoCal | Pasadena, CA

2018

Knit Stars 3.0! | International online event
Stitches West | Santa Clara, CA
Stitches United | Hartford, CN
Vogue Destinations | Maupin, OR
Carodan Farms SOXperience | Chincoteague Island, VA
Interweave Escapes | Greenough, MT
Knitting on a Lark with Lorilee | Iceland and Norway
Vogue Knitting Live | San Francisco, CA
Knitting on a Lark with Lorilee | Bainbridge Island, WA
Galiano Fall retreat, Knit Social | BC
Stitches SoCal | Pasadena, CA

2017

Vogue Knitting Live | New York, NY
San Diego North Coast Knitters Guild | San Diego, CA
Stitches Expos | Santa Clara, CA
Vogue Knitting Live | Las Vegas, NV
Bazaar Girls Retreat | Port Townsend, WA
Knitting On A Lark with Lorilee | Bainbridge, WA
Stitches Midwest | Schaumburg, IL
Stitches Texas | Irving, TX
Ann Budd’s Knit For Fun Retreat | Vancouver, WA
Plucky Knitter Shindig | Grand Rapids, MI
Vogue Knitting Live | Seattle, WA
Sand and Sea Knitting Guild | Los Angeles, CA

2016

Stitches West, Santa Clara, CA
Paradise Fibers, Spokane, WA
Dallas Ft. Worth Fiber Fest, Dallas, TX
Vogue Knitting Experience, Lake Tahoe, CA
Vogue Knitting Live, Pasadena, CA
Lancaster Yarn Shop Retreat, Lancaster, PA
Stitches Midwest, Schaumburg, IL
Michigan Fibre Studio, Grand Rapids, MI
Glamping with Plucky, Bainbridge Island, WA
Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival, The Dalles, OR
Knit Fit, Seattle, WA

2015

Vogue Knitting Live, New York, NY
Retreat at The Studio, Kansas City
Stitches West, Santa Clara, CA
Green Mountain Spinnery Retreat, Putney, VT
Vogue Knitting Live, Pasadena, CA
Seattle Knitters Guild
Kent Needle Arts Retreat, Kent, CT
Stitches Midwest, Schaumburg, IL
Vogue Knitting Cruise to Alaska
Plucky Knitter Shindig, Grand Rapids, MI
Vogue Knitting Live, Chicago, IL
Serial Knitters, Kirkland, WA (two dates)
Clara Parkes’ Knitters Review Retreat, Canandaiga, NY.

2014

Vogue Knitting Live New York
Stitches West, Santa Clara, CA
Naked Sheep Yarn, Staten Island, NY
Vogue Knitting Live Seattle, WA
SoXperience with Carodan Farms.
Small Knits Symposium, IN
Kalamazoo Knits Studio, MI
Plucky Knitter Shindig, MI
Stitches Midwest, Schaumburg, IL
Stitches East, Hartford, CT
Vogue Knitting Live Chicago.

2013

Interweave Knitting Lab, San Mateo, CA
Plucky Knitter Retreat, MI
Stitches East, Hartford, CT
Stitches West, Santa Clara, CA
Vogue Knitting Live, Seattle, WA
Vogue Knitting Live, New York, NY

2012

Interweave Kitting Lab, San Mateo, CA
Plucky Knitter Retreat, MI
YLYS, battle Creek, MI
Stitches West, Santa Clara, CA
Stitches West ETC, Santa Clara, CA
Stitches East, Hartford, CN
Yarns Unlimited, Sewickley, PA
Stitches Midwest, Schaumburg, IL
Vogue Knitting Live, Chicago, IL

2011

Craft Cruises Alaska
Knitter’s Connection, Columbus, OH
Mid-Michigan Knitters Guild, Haslett, MI- 2011 (speaker)
Sock Summit, Portland, OR
Nautical Yarn, Ludington, MI
Stitches East, Hartford, CN
Stitches East ETC, Hartford, CN
Stitches West, Santa Clara, CA
Vogue Knitting Live, Los Angeles, CA
Yarnover, Minneapolis, MN

2010

Stitches Midwest, Schaumberg, IL

2009

Sock Summit, Portland, OR