A · The Albumfrom C + E
Six views held down with photo corners on one album page, one per town, captioned by hand. The label as a set of photographs rather than a single one.
The Passage Club · Edition No. 01
Six towns in six mornings and the ship in between. A hundred and fifty knitters, Margit Sørensen, and the Danube going by the window while the rows go by in your lap.
MS Aurelia, whole-ship charter · 6 to 12 November 2027 · cabins from $4,950 per knitter
B · The Postcard Rackfrom J + E
The belt again, but the things rolling past are postcards. Greetings from each town, in the two inks, on a slow carousel.
Edition No. 01
Budapest → Passau · 7 days · MS Aurelia
Six postcards, six mornings ashore, and the same ship waiting at the quay each time. A hundred and fifty knitters, nobody else, and Margit Sørensen in the lounge from lunch until the lamps go out.
Greetings from Budapest
Day 1 · 6 Nov 2027
Greetings from Bratislava
Day 3 · 8 Nov 2027
Greetings from Vienna
Day 4 · 9 Nov 2027
Greetings from Dürnstein
Day 5 · 10 Nov 2027
Greetings from Melk
Day 6 · 11 Nov 2027
Greetings from Passau
Day 7 · 12 Nov 2027
Cabins from $4,950 per knitter · whole-ship charter · departs Budapest 6 November 2027
C · The Passenger Ticketfrom G + C
The ticket grown up into a shipping-line passenger ticket and baggage check. A view printed in the left panel, particulars in the middle, the counterfoil on the right.
Budapest, the first evening
Passenger Ticket & Baggage Check
Passage Club Line · Danube Service
Edition No. 01
Not transferable · good for one passage of seven days and six river towns · wool carried free
D · The Holder’s Pagefrom F + C
The passport’s data page. The holder’s photograph is a ball of wool, the fields are the trip, the machine-readable line at the bottom reads the title.
The Passage ClubKnitting the DanubeEdition No. 01
Holder’s photograph
04
Valid for one passage. Seven days going upstream on a river ship with nobody aboard who isn’t knitting, six mornings in six river towns, and Margit Sørensen in the lounge every evening.
E · The Panoramafrom C, full-bleed
The view let out to the full width, scalloped top and bottom so the whole hero is the label. A sand band across the middle carries the lockup.
The Passage Club · Edition No. 01
Budapest → Bratislava → Vienna → Dürnstein → Melk → Passau
A river ship for a hundred and fifty knitters and no one else. Seven days, six towns, Margit Sørensen aboard the whole way.
6 to 12 November 2027 · MS Aurelia · cabins from $4,950 per knitter
F · The Filmstripfrom C + E
A length of 35mm film with six frames, one town each, laid across the page. Type on the left, the strip doing the route.
Edition No. 01
Six frames, six mornings. The rest of the roll is the ship: a hundred and fifty knitters, Margit Sørensen, and a lounge that never quite empties.
MS Aurelia, whole-ship charter · 6 to 12 November 2027 · from $4,950 per knitter
G · The Other Sidefrom J, turned over
The postcard flipped. The hero copy is the handwritten message, the label is the stamp, the address is you.
Knitting the Danube · Edition No. 01 · The Passage Club
Dear knitter,
We have the whole ship. A hundred and fifty of us, no one else, going up the Danube from Budapest to Passau for a week in November. Mornings in six river towns, afternoons and long evenings in the lounge with Margit, wool in every lap. Come. Bring the project you never finish.
— The Passage Club
P.S. Cabins from $4,950. It sails 6 November 2027.
H · The Ticket Bookfrom G + E
Six port tickets fanned like a hand of cards, the cover ticket on top with the title. Tear one off each morning.
The Passage Club
Edition No. 01
Book of six · Budapest to Passau
Six tickets, one for each morning
Tear one off at the gangway each day. Between them, seven days on a ship chartered whole for a hundred and fifty knitters, Margit Sørensen hosting, the Danube taking its time.
I · The Timetablefrom G, tabular
A printed timetable sheet. Day, port, arrive, depart, ashore. The route as a table, the title as the sheet heading, no photograph.
Passage Club Line · Danube Service · Timetable
Edition No. 01 · MS Aurelia · November 2027 · going upstream
| Day | Port | Arr. | Dep. | Ashore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Nov | BudapestHungary | — | 18.00 | Embark from noon. Cast on at the first evening’s welcome.† |
| 38 Nov | BratislavaSlovakia | 07.30 | 13.00 | Castle hill and the old town. Coffee under the arcades.† |
| 49 Nov | ViennaAustria | 06.00 | 18.30 | A long day: the Ringstrasse, a coffeehouse, a yarn shop or two.† |
| 510 Nov | DürnsteinWachau | 08.00 | 13.30 | The bend in the river, the ruin above, apricot everything.† |
| 611 Nov | MelkAustria | 07.00 | 12.00 | The abbey on the rock, then the afternoon through the Wachau.† |
| 712 Nov | PassauGermany | 08.00 | — | Three rivers meet. The last morning ashore, then home.† |
† Knitting continues aboard at all times. Times are river time and subject to the Danube. Margit Sørensen hosts throughout. Days 2 and 6 are spent under way.
The whole ship, a hundred and fifty knitters, six river towns in seven days. Read down the left for where, across for when, and the middle for what is worth getting off for.
Cabins from $4,950 per knitter · whole-ship charter
J · The Diptychfrom C, doubled
Two view-labels, first morning and last, with the lockup standing between them. From and to.
FromBudapestDay 1 · 6 November
The Passage Club
Edition No. 01
Seven days, six towns, one ship
ToPassauDay 7 · 12 November
First morning and last, and the river between. The MS Aurelia is ours entire, a hundred and fifty knitters and Margit Sørensen, going upstream the slow way.
Cabins from $4,950 per knitter · whole-ship charter
K · The Chartfrom new
An engraved river line inside a landscape label, six towns as dots, the ship at the start. One ink, no photograph, the route as the picture.
The Passage Club · Edition No. 01
Budapest → PassauSeven days · six towns · MS AureliaNovember 2027
The route is the picture. Six towns strung along a river, a ship chartered whole for a hundred and fifty knitters, Margit Sørensen aboard, and a week that goes at the river’s pace.
Departs Budapest 6 November 2027 · cabins from $4,950 per knitter
L · The Ball Bandfrom new + C
The paper band from around a skein, wrapped across a photograph of wool. Fibre, weight, and length replaced with the trip’s particulars.
The Passage Club
Edition No. 01
Budapest → Passau · 100% Danube
⚓✋⏳🧶 Ship chartered whole. Hand wash in six river towns. Do not hurry. Knit aboard at all times.
Read the band
A river ship, chartered whole for a hundred and fifty knitters. Seven days up the Danube, six mornings ashore, and Margit Sørensen in the lounge with the rest of us from lunch until late.
MS Aurelia · 6 to 12 November 2027 · cabins from $4,950 per knitter
M · The Door Hangerfrom new
The cabin door hanger, hung on a green door. Knitting, do not disturb. The title is what you are doing in there.
The Passage Club
Knitting.
Do not disturb.
Edition No. 01 · MS Aurelia
Budapest → Passau · 6 to 12 November 2027
Cabin 214, and the other 74
Every cabin on the MS Aurelia, every one of them a knitter’s. A hundred and fifty of us, seven days up the Danube, six towns in the mornings, and Margit Sørensen in the lounge after lunch.
N · The Slidesfrom C + E
Cardboard slide mounts scattered on the desk, each a duotone view, each labelled by hand. The set read like an evening of someone’s holiday.
The Passage Club · Edition No. 01
A box of slides from a week you haven’t had yet. Seven days on a river ship that is ours alone, a hundred and fifty knitters, six mornings in six towns, Margit Sørensen every evening.
MS Aurelia · 6 to 12 November 2027 · from $4,950 per knitter
O · The Programmefrom new
The ship’s daily programme card for the Vienna day. Times down the left, the day’s shape down the right, the title printed small at the head.
Edition No. 01
Every day aboard gets a card like this under the cabin door. Seven of them, six towns, a hundred and fifty knitters, and nobody else on the ship.
MS Aurelia, whole-ship charter · 6 to 12 November 2027 · cabins from $4,950 per knitter
MS Aurelia · Daily Programme
Tuesday, 9 November
Vienna
Day 4 · alongside from 06.00 · sailing 18.30
Dress for dinner: whatever you have knitted. Tomorrow: Dürnstein, alongside 08.00.