Welcome to the Alpine Adventure Agency

The Alpine Adventure Agency LLC, created  the Fiber Summit Series Abroad (FSSA) to enable enthusiasts of fiber arts to convene several times a year in exotic and beautiful settings. FSSA's homebase is located in the Italian Tyrolean Alps, Venice, Italy and Washington D.C.

Knitters, crocheters, hand spinners, weavers, quilters, dyers, students of Kumihimo, and enthusiasts of Temari, embroidery and other needle arts all belong to an extended fiber community that enjoy a wonderful camaraderie and understanding of each other based in a shared passion. It makes me extremely happy to provide unique environments where we can share each others' creativity while visiting some of the most beautiful and breath-taking locations on Earth.

Students taking part in our fiber-arts workshops enjoy personalized attention from  internationally renowned instructors in several fields of expertise. Many of our teachers have written highly-acclaimed books and are sought out to teach at established knitting conferences and fiber festivals.

Your tour director and guide is Daniela Anderson, the bi-lingual, Italian-American owner of The Alpine Adventure Agency. She has shared a lifetime between two countries and two cultures, dividing her time between the Italian Alps, Venice, the French and Italian Riviera, and the United States. She holds a B.A. in Art History and Fine Arts, and has worked as a docent, fine arts instructor and tour guide in respected art galleries and museums in PA, MD, VA and Washinton D.C, beginning at the age of 15 working for the Smithsonian Institution.  She is in the perfect position to organize and host this special fiber arts series because she invites you over as a member of her family in smaller, intimate groups, and not as a tour operator herding a group in a mega-tour environment.

Many knitting trips, workshops and conferences include as many as 25-30 students taking part in the classes PLUS their traveling companions.  We prefer to keep our numbers between 15- 20 participants. We strive for stellar individual instruction and attention from our internationally renowned teachers for our workshop students.  Class sizes generally are in the 10-12 student range.

Maintaining a smaller group size allows us to become immersed completely  in the local culture.  We enjoy exclusive and unique experiences not possible for knitting and other fiber/textile trips that accomodate much larger groups.

We can organize special vacations for private, special-interest groups of any size. We encourage you to contact us to find out how we can help your group create an experience that meets its goals.

In addition to our featured, fully-guided fiber vacations and workshops, we provide "ready-to-go" and customized, self-guided vacations and experiences for guests who prefer to travel independently. We look forward to helping you plan and organize your trip!