Color Confidence with Paper Daisy

Seattle, WA

October 2 – 6, 2025

Conquer your fear of color coordination in classes with Lisa Ross, of Paper Daisy.  We’ll learn Lisa’s tricks and tips for putting together successful yarn bundles, then take an excursion to Hazel Knits, a yarn shop of riotous color.  We’ll visit some Seattle sights, eat (a lot, this city has amazing restaurants) and knit knit knit!

Retreat Price

$2910

           Listed price is per person

  • We’ll be staying at the beautiful, well situated Silver Cloud Hotel Seattle on Broadway.
  • Double room featuring 2 Queen beds (a $690 single supplement will be added to your payment, if you prefer a private room)
  • Share the room with a room-mate of your choosing, your non-knitter companion or alert us (on the registration form) and we’ll try to match you with a knitting room-mate (note: if we cannot find a roommate for you, you will be billed for the additional single supplement payable prior to the event)
  • Non-knitter guest without food $690/ non-knitter guest with food $1220 , which includes hotel room and meals, but no classes or swag.
  • Dinner on Thursday; lunch, and dinner on Friday and Sunday; brunch on Saturday
  • All classes and projects are included
  • Transportation to our excursion is included in the price; transportation to/from Seattle and the hotel, or outside of the listed excursion during the retreat is not included.
  • Adult beverages are not included

Single Supplement

$690

If you’d prefer to have your own room, we understand!  Simply choose the single room option on the registration form, if you plan to pay in full, or we will add the single supplement to your payments, if you choose to pay in installments, and we’ll book a single room for you.  

Your total will be $3600 (a bit more, if you choose to pay in installments).

DAY STUDENT $2310

Are you local? Join us every day, from our Welcome Dinner through our Farewell dinner!

Included in your reservation (see below for more info):

  • Day Students will join us each day
  • Dinner on Thursday; lunch, and dinner on Friday, and Sunday; brunch on Saturday
  • Free day parking at the hotel
  • All classes and projects are included
  • Swag Bag
  • Excursion to Hazel Knits is included
  • Transportation to our excursions is included in the price; transportation to/from Seattle and the hotel, or outside of the listed excursions during the retreat are not included
  • Hotel has limited free parking available for us
  • Adult beverages and room accommodations are not included

You will be immersed in the retreat, joining us daily to enjoy the classes, share meals with new friends, shop, laugh, and knit together.

Included in your Reservation

Accommodations

We will be staying at the Silver Cloud Hotel Seattle Broadway, in the hip Capitol Hill district.  The hotel is only a bit over a mile from Pike Place Market, a bustling area, with plenty to see and do. Your room is included with your reservation with check in on Thursday October 2, and check out on Monday October 6, 2025.  ADA rooms are available upon request.  All rooms feature free high speed WiFi, a microwave, refrigerator, hair dryer, and the usual upscale amenities.  Covered, secure overnight parking is an additional cost, not included in the price of the retreat.

 Check-in time is 4 p.m. and check-out is 12 p.m.

 Seattle is young, interesting, and full of inspiration.  While we always suggest you arrive to our retreat destinations a day early to account for any flight kerfluffles, we think you’d enjoy a day or two on either side of the retreat, to take in some museums, experience some music, and discover exciting restaurants.  Please contact the hotel to extend your stay: 800.590.1801

Seattle is convenient to SEATAC airport.  From the airport, you can taxi, take a ride share, or hop on the light rail to the hotel.

Silver Cloud Hotel Seattle – Broadway​
1100 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122

 

Meals

On Thursday before dinner, you’ll receive your swag bags, a schedule, and an overview of the retreat.  Afterwards, we’ll kick off the retreat with a wonderful group dinner, followed by some casual group knitting. 

Brunch is included on Saturday, lunches are included Friday and Sunday.  Breakfast is not included, however the hotel has an onsite restaurant for you, as well as some nearby breakfast cafes.

Friday and Sunday feature included group dinners, on Saturday evening, you are free to explore the city’s multitude of restaurants.  We’ll be sending out a few recommendations, selected by a local Seattleite.

Day Students will join us for all included meals; Non-knitter companions are free to join us for meals or not, depending on the registration payment.

 

Classes / Schedule

Join Paper Daisy on Friday as we explore the wonderful world of colorful knits! Learn how to successfully pull together yarn for any project, whether shopping from stash, at your LYS, or online.

We’ll experience Lisa’s favorite tips and tricks for maximizing graphic impact with minimal effort, as well as how to go off-book and create something truly unique to your own shape and style!

In the afternoon, we’ll try something new with a fun project led by Wild Onion. We’ll enjoy dinner together and make plans to put our color confidence skills to the test during tomorrow’s shopping excursion.  

On Saturday, we’ll drive over to Hazel Knits, where you’ll be met with floor to ceiling walls (plural!) of colorful yarn.  Will it be intimidating?  Nope!  You’ll use your newfound color confidence to pull together palettes for your next project and beyond.

Lisa will be there to answer questions, offer advice, and explore combinations that are as unique as each one of you! 

 Wendee and Dave (the dyers behind Hazel Knits) will be treating us to a behind-the-scenes look at how they transform the wool that comes from the mill into their vibrantly dyed skeins.  Afterward, it’s back to the hotel for Show and Tell so we can ‘oooh’ and ‘ahhh’ over your new color palettes, then dinner on your own.

Sunday we will head to Pike Place, Seattle’s original famer’s market and the center of locally sourced, artisan, and specialty foods. We will split up to experience the market, which includes 2 additional yarn shops, local artisan goods, and a variety of specialty foods and experiences.

We’ll come back together for lunch to talk about all of our favorite things, then head back to class. During our final class, each student will use everything we’ve learned throughout the weekend to make plans for their next knitting project.

Sunday evening we will enjoy one more dinner together before saying our goodbyes… and making plans to keep in touch online!

Registration

  • Reservations must be placed before September 1, 2025.
  • Payment is accepted through Paypal (as a guest, if you don’t have an account) using your account or credit card, or choose Pay Later, to break your payments into monthly increments. Stripe, which is a Level 1 (highest level of security compliance) secure online credit card processor, will process your payment via credit card.
  • If you need to cancel, money paid will be refunded as per our refund terms, less $400 which acts as a service fee.
  • For rooms based on double occupancy, both roommates must submit payment within 7 days of the first order.  After these 7 days, if all roommates have not submitted payment, your reservation will be cancelled and refunded, excluding the $400 service fee.  
  • Non-knitting companion (with meal option or without meal option) must be paid in full
  • See here for a full list of our Cancellation and Refund Policies.
  • A day student is with us every day of the retreat, including meals, to maintain a great experience for you.  You may arrive for breakfast with your new friends, and stay through dinner.  Everything listed is included except for the hotel stay! 
  • See here for a full list of our Cancellation and Refund Policies.

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