31. maj 2027 – 7. juni 2027 Scotland
Knitting in Scotland with Annette Danielsen
Can you imagine anything more obvious than going on a knitting course in beautiful Scotland? The land with more sheep than people, some of the finest wool you can find, and a long tradition of knitting and working wool in all its forms. It is a must if you are a knitter and love beautiful and inspiring surroundings.
Annas Højskole has teamed up with knitwear designer Annette Danielsen, who will give you new ideas and new techniques to try, especially based on the woven tartans, the Scottish checks, which for many are the very first thing that comes to mind when the conversation turns to Scottish wool. And we have also teamed up with Sisse Skovbakke, who will share her enormous enthusiasm for and knowledge of Scotland with us. During the week she will teach us about the Scots, the clans, the kilts and their rather strained relationship with England.
Sisse will also take us on a trip to Edinburgh, on a company visit to a textile factory and to Glasgow, where we will visit a lovely yarn shop and of course experience the city, which was once a heavy industrial city with a shipyard and much more, but today has developed into a cultural centre with a thriving music and art scene.
Our folk high school lies on the edge of the town of Peebles in the area of The Scottish Borders. The area is hilly and mountainous. There is farmland and forest, and at times a long way between the villages. The sheep farms follow one after another, and the rivers River Clyde and River Tweed wind through the landscape. The nature is green, beautiful and lush.
On the course we stay in a former manor house that belonged to the Ballantyne family, one of Peebles' largest textile manufacturers, who had several factories and weaving mills in the area. The house is now a newly renovated hotel with bright rooms across several floors. The hotel also has a café, bar, a lovely garden with a lawn and flowers, as well as cosy nooks inside and out. The hotel is centrally located at the end of the main street.
Peebles is a charming town with shops, cafés and a couple of pubs. The town has about 10,000 inhabitants and lies on the River Tweed, less than an hour's drive from Edinburgh. Peebles has a long, rich history as a royal burgh, and it was here that southern Scotland's extensive textile production was founded. Countless wool spinneries, wool weaving mills and textile factories made the area wealthy in the 1800s and 1900s.
At the same time, Peebles became a spa town to which the upper classes of the coal-polluted cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow retreated. They went on health stays at the town's spa hotel, The Hydro Hotel. The Hydro still exists, and during the course we have free access to their spa department, which has a steam bath, sauna, exercise facilities and a swimming pool – so remember your swimwear!
ETA
Danish citizens must have an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to travel to the United Kingdom. It costs 16 pounds, and you have to apply for it yourself. They say it can take up to 3 days before it is processed. We therefore recommend that you apply at least a week before you leave. You can read more about the ETA for the United Kingdom here: Travel rules - Scotland
Alle kan være med
Du bestemmer selv dit tempo, og programmet tilpasses holdet. Er du i tvivl om noget, så ring til os — så tager vi den sammen.
Knitting in Scotland 31 May to 7 June 2027
Day 1 Monday 31/5
NB: The flight times are from 2026. They will be updated as soon as we have the 2027 times.
Departure from Copenhagen Airport with a Norwegian direct flight at 13.40 to Edinburgh, where we arrive at 14.30 local time.
Arrival in Peebles and at the folk high school. Check-in to rooms.
17.00: Cake/coffee+tea and Welcome to Scotland Folk High School by course leader Sisse Skovbakke.
19.00: Dinner + who's who.
After dinner there is free time to enjoy the surroundings and/or settle into your room.
Day 2 Tuesday 1/6
8.00: Morning exercise in the garden or indoors with Sisse.
8.30: Breakfast.
9.15: Morning song with Sisse.
9.30 – 12.30: Knitting – module 1 with Annette Danielsen.
13.00: Lunch at the folk high school.
14.00: A walk in and around Peebles, which has a fascinating history. We also go down to the River Tweed, which runs through the town.
After the walk there are a couple of hours of free time in the afternoon, which you can spend in the folk high school's lovely garden, the spa area at The Hydro, which we have access to, or you can wander around Peebles on your own.
17.00-19.00: Knitting – module 2 with Annette.
19.00: Dinner at the folk high school.
20.00: Talk by Sisse Skovbakke: ”Highlights of Highland History”.
Then an evening song or two.
Day 3 Wednesday 2/6
07.45: Breakfast
08.30 Bus to Edinburgh
We walk together the first stretch up The Royal Mile – then we go on our own and arrange lunch in the city ourselves.
15.45 – 18.45: Knitting – module 3 with Annette.
19.00: Dinner.
20.00: Whisky tasting at the folk high school with Sisse.
Day 4 Thursday 3/6
8.30: Morning exercise with Sisse.
9.00: Breakfast.
9.45: Morning song with Sisse.
10.00 – 12.45 Knitting – module 4 with Annette.
13.00: Lunch at the folk high school.
16.00-19.00: Knitting – module 5 with Annette.
19.00: Dinner at the folk high school.
20.00: Mary, who runs the yarn shop Wild Wool in Peebles, gives a talk about producing and trading in Scottish yarn.
Day 5 Friday 4/6
8.30: Morning exercise with Sisse.
9.00: Breakfast.
9.45: Morning song with Sisse.
10.00: Bus to New Lanark – packed lunch included. Guided tour with a guide and stories about the working community that the old cotton mill formed from the mid-1700s.
15.00 afternoon coffee/tea at The Mill Hotel's Mill One Restaurant.
16.00: On by bus to Calzeat.
16.30: Visit to the textile company Calzeat in Symington, where we get a guided tour and stories by owner Robin Galbraith.
18.30: The bus drives back to the folk high school.
After returning, we go out and have dinner in the town on our own (not included in the price).
20.30: Voluntary evening song with Sisse.
Day 6 Saturday 5/6
8.30: Morning exercise with Sisse.
9.00: Breakfast.
10.00 – 12.00: Knitting - module 6 with Annette.
13.00: Lunch at the folk high school.
14.00 – 17.00: Knitting - module 7 with Annette.
18.30: Dinner at the folk high school.
19.30: Knitting evening with the participation of local knitting enthusiasts.
Day 7 Sunday 6/6
8.30: Morning exercise with Sisse.
9.00: Breakfast.
10.00: Extended morning song with Sisse.
10.30 – 12.30: Knitting - module 8 with Annette.
13.00: Lunch at the folk high school.
14.00 – 16.00: Knitting - module 9 with Annette.
16.00: Opening reception with tea and scones.
19.00: Closing dinner.
20.30: Closing evening with a Scottish gala dinner and ceilidh – Scottish folk dancing to live music by The Clydesdale Ceilidh Band.
Day 8 Monday 7/7
8.30: Morning exercise.
9.00: Breakfast.
10.00: Morning song.
11.30: Farewell and departure for Edinburgh Airport.
15.10: Flight departure with Norwegian to Copenhagen, arriving 17.55 Danish time.
NB: The flight times are from 2026. They will be updated as soon as we have the 2027 times.
*We reserve the right to make changes
Programme
Knitting in Scotland 31 May to 7 June 2027
Day 1 Monday 31/5
NB: The flight times are from 2026. They will be updated as soon as we have the 2027 times.
Departure from Copenhagen Airport with a Norwegian direct flight at 13.40 to Edinburgh, where we arrive at 14.30 local time.
Arrival in Peebles and at the folk high school. Check-in to rooms.
17.00: Cake/coffee+tea and Welcome to Scotland Folk High School by course leader Sisse Skovbakke.
19.00: Dinner + who's who.
After dinner there is free time to enjoy the surroundings and/or settle into your room.
Day 2 Tuesday 1/6
8.00: Morning exercise in the garden or indoors with Sisse.
8.30: Breakfast.
9.15: Morning song with Sisse.
9.30 – 12.30: Knitting – module 1 with Annette Danielsen.
13.00: Lunch at the folk high school.
14.00: A walk in and around Peebles, which has a fascinating history. We also go down to the River Tweed, which runs through the town.
After the walk there are a couple of hours of free time in the afternoon, which you can spend in the folk high school's lovely garden, the spa area at The Hydro, which we have access to, or you can wander around Peebles on your own.
17.00-19.00: Knitting – module 2 with Annette.
19.00: Dinner at the folk high school.
20.00: Talk by Sisse Skovbakke: ”Highlights of Highland History”.
Then an evening song or two.
Day 3 Wednesday 2/6
07.45: Breakfast
08.30 Bus to Edinburgh
We walk together the first stretch up The Royal Mile – then we go on our own and arrange lunch in the city ourselves.
15.45 – 18.45: Knitting – module 3 with Annette.
19.00: Dinner.
20.00: Whisky tasting at the folk high school with Sisse.
Day 4 Thursday 3/6
8.30: Morning exercise with Sisse.
9.00: Breakfast.
9.45: Morning song with Sisse.
10.00 – 12.45 Knitting – module 4 with Annette.
13.00: Lunch at the folk high school.
16.00-19.00: Knitting – module 5 with Annette.
19.00: Dinner at the folk high school.
20.00: Mary, who runs the yarn shop Wild Wool in Peebles, gives a talk about producing and trading in Scottish yarn.
Day 5 Friday 4/6
8.30: Morning exercise with Sisse.
9.00: Breakfast.
9.45: Morning song with Sisse.
10.00: Bus to New Lanark – packed lunch included. Guided tour with a guide and stories about the working community that the old cotton mill formed from the mid-1700s.
15.00 afternoon coffee/tea at The Mill Hotel's Mill One Restaurant.
16.00: On by bus to Calzeat.
16.30: Visit to the textile company Calzeat in Symington, where we get a guided tour and stories by owner Robin Galbraith.
18.30: The bus drives back to the folk high school.
After returning, we go out and have dinner in the town on our own (not included in the price).
20.30: Voluntary evening song with Sisse.
Day 6 Saturday 5/6
8.30: Morning exercise with Sisse.
9.00: Breakfast.
10.00 – 12.00: Knitting - module 6 with Annette.
13.00: Lunch at the folk high school.
14.00 – 17.00: Knitting - module 7 with Annette.
18.30: Dinner at the folk high school.
19.30: Knitting evening with the participation of local knitting enthusiasts.
Day 7 Sunday 6/6
8.30: Morning exercise with Sisse.
9.00: Breakfast.
10.00: Extended morning song with Sisse.
10.30 – 12.30: Knitting - module 8 with Annette.
13.00: Lunch at the folk high school.
14.00 – 16.00: Knitting - module 9 with Annette.
16.00: Opening reception with tea and scones.
19.00: Closing dinner.
20.30: Closing evening with a Scottish gala dinner and ceilidh – Scottish folk dancing to live music by The Clydesdale Ceilidh Band.
Day 8 Monday 7/7
8.30: Morning exercise.
9.00: Breakfast.
10.00: Morning song.
11.30: Farewell and departure for Edinburgh Airport.
15.10: Flight departure with Norwegian to Copenhagen, arriving 17.55 Danish time.
NB: The flight times are from 2026. They will be updated as soon as we have the 2027 times.
*We reserve the right to make changes
Beliggenhed & ophold
The course venue and the surroundings
Our folk high school lies on the edge of the town of Peebles in the area of The Scottish Borders, south of Edinburgh. The area is hilly and mountainous and part of The Southern Uplands. There is farmland and forest, and at times a long way between the villages.
The sheep farms follow one after another, and the rivers River Clyde and River Tweed wind through the landscape. The nature is green, beautiful and lush.
Accommodation - The Park Hotel
On the course we stay in a former manor house that belonged to the Ballantyne family, one of Peebles' largest textile manufacturers, who had several factories and weaving mills in the area. The house is now a newly renovated hotel, The Park Hotel, with bright rooms across several floors.
Today The Park Hotel is known for its historic charm and its combination of modern comforts and classic style, which gives guests a feeling of stepping back in time while enjoying the comfort of the present day.
The hotel also has a café, bar, bakery, and a lovely garden with cosy nooks inside and out. The hotel is centrally located at the end of the main street.
About Peebles
Peebles is a charming town with shops, cafés and a couple of pubs. The town has about 10,000 inhabitants and lies on the River Tweed, less than an hour's drive from Edinburgh.
Peebles has a long, rich history as a royal burgh, and it was here that southern Scotland's extensive textile production was founded. Countless wool spinneries, wool weaving mills and textile factories made the area wealthy in the 1800s and 1900s.
At the same time, Peebles became a spa town to which the upper classes of the coal-polluted cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow retreated. They went on health stays at the town's spa hotel, The Hydro Hotel, and they went out to walk and get fresh air in the beautiful hilly surroundings.
The Hydro still exists, and during the course we fortunately have free access to their spa department, which has a steam bath, sauna, exercise facilities and a swimming pool – so remember your swimwear!
Meet your instructors
Sisse Skovbakke
One of your course leaders is Sisse Skovbakke, who loves everything to do with Scotland. And she has travelled and stayed in the country an incredible number of times.
Sisse is good spirits, music and she also knits. She has a major in music from university and has had a lovely and varied working life. Sisse taught for 10 years at the music school and 10 years at the teacher training college in Nørre Nissum.
After a couple of curious detours, including as a greenhouse gardener and an institutional kitchen assistant, she has now landed in the folk high school world, where she has plenty of elbow room and thrives.
Alongside her 'real' career, Sisse has worked as a freelance choir leader and choir coach, and the vocal and singing side has been allowed to fill a great deal of almost everything Sisse has been involved in. Even in the nursery.
Sisse has 3 grown-up sons, who are all well on their way with their own lives and families, and that has given time and space for her own dreams. So after living out her holidays for many years as a closet Scot, Sisse decided at the end of 2020 to put her house up for sale and move to Scotland permanently. But Brexit got in the way, so now Sisse makes do with the closet and the holidays. And the music. And the plants. And the knitting. And..
Annette Danielsen
Your other course leader, Annette, is simply fascinated by wool. Scotland and wool are inextricably linked. The Scottish climate demands textiles for rain, blustery weather and sunny days. And here wool is perfect. On top of this, the Scots have used family-designed textiles to recognise and connect relatives.
Annette Danielsen has always knitted, but started designing in earnest in 2006, when her first knitting book was made. Since then it has grown into more than 37 publications and well over 500 knitting designs:
"I love to let myself be inspired by things around me – to mull over how "this and that" can be turned into knitting. What techniques will it require, which colours go together, or is it the fit that can express my inspiration?" asks the knitting-mad Aarhus native Annette Danielsen, who also runs a number of courses and knitting workshops at home and abroad – including with Annas Højskole.
"It is a great pleasure to teach, inspire and unsettle other knitters. I love knitting in a group and experiencing how we can inspire and help each other, experiencing that it doesn't matter so much who we are, but rather that we are knitters. I am known for being a "technician", so from the participants' side there will be an expectation of knitting techniques of varying difficulty". And they get it, Annette promises.
Praktisk & pris
- Departure 31 May from Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh. A connecting flight from Aalborg can be added at the day's price.
- Departure 7 June from Edinburgh to Copenhagen Airport
We reserve the right to make changes
Price includes
- The prices are all-inclusive as per the programme:
- Flight with Norwegian direct Copenhagen–Edinburgh return; a connecting flight from Aalborg return can be added at the day's price
- Stay at a lovely newly renovated hotel, which was formerly a manor house, in delightful rooms with private bathroom
- All meals at the folk high school included. These are two-course menus. You pay yourself for one lunch on the day off and dinner in Peebles
- All coffee and tea in connection with meals - and in the rooms
- Cake at selected times - see programme
- Bus transport to the various activities
- Whisky tasting
- Access to a large spa area at The Hydro Peebles, a 10-minute walk from the folk high school - a beautiful former health sanatorium from 1881, now converted into a luxury hotel.
- All talks
- All entrance fees
- 2 Danish-speaking course leaders
- Contribution to the Danish Travel Guarantee Fund
- Airport taxes and charges
Price excludes
- One lunch on the day off in Edinburgh
- One dinner in Peebles
- Drinks must be purchased separately
- Payment:
- On registration we ask for a deposit of kr. 3000,-. The balance must be transferred 2 months before departure.
- In special cases it is possible to pay by Mastercard; please note this on your registration if you wish to do so.
Billeder
What our guests say
“Tak for en fantastisk oplevelse, ikke mindst takket være Anna og dig. Du var en inspirerende rejseleder, der gjorde turen til meget mere end bare en pilgrimsvandring.”
“Skøn tur som puttes i rygsækken med fantastiske oplevelser, smukke fotos og den bedste kursusleder Michael Birkkjær Lauritsen. Elsker oplevelser med Annas Højskole.”
“Jeg har netop været på strikkehøjskole på Læsø ved Annette Danielsen. Uanset hvor hårdt jeg anstrenger mig, kan jeg simpelthen ikke finde noget negativt at sige. Annette Danielsen er en fuldstændig fantastisk inspirerende og forrygende formidler. Østergaard B&B er et skønt sted med lækre lejligheder, dejlig og velsmagende mad, og en meget sympatisk og underholdende vært. Vi mødte skønne og inspirerende fortællere i huset og på ture på Læsø. Vi startede dagene med morgensang sammen med Jens Christian, som fint fortalte lidt om de sange, vi sang. Dejlig start på nogle vidunderlige dage. Det har bare været helt igennem en skøn, pragtfuld og fantastisk uge. Føler mig meget beriget.”
Ofte stillede spørgsmål
Kan jeg rejse med, hvis jeg rejser alene?
Ja — rigtig mange af vores kursister rejser alene. Du bliver en del af fællesskabet fra første dag, og du kan vælge eget værelse, hvis du vil have ro omkring dig.
Hvor god en form skal jeg være i?
Alle kan være med! Programmet tilpasses holdet, og du bestemmer selv dit tempo. Er du i tvivl, så ring til os — så tager vi den sammen.
Hvordan foregår betalingen?
Du reserverer din plads med et depositum og modtager en faktura pr. e-mail. Restbeløbet betales senest 60 dage før afrejse — også via faktura og bankoverførsel.
Hvad hvis jeg bliver nødt til at aflyse?
Vores afbestillingsregler står i rejsereglerne for pakkerejser, og vi er medlem af Rejsegarantifonden (reg.nr. 3122). Kontakt os hurtigst muligt, hvis noget kommer i vejen — vi finder altid en løsning sammen.
Kan I tage hensyn til allergier og særlige behov?
Ja. Når du reserverer, spørger vi ind til kost, allergier og særlige behov, og vi giver besked videre til køkkenet og værterne på destinationen.
Er der dansktalende værter med på rejsen?
Ja, altid. Der er dansktalende kursusledere og værter med på alle vores ophold.
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