Felt-making (wet felting) courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

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Felt making courses, kits, live classes & online workshops from UK makers and 'wet' felt artists. Felt, uniquely, is a cloth that is not woven and felt making techniques open up a world of abstract creative opportunity in the way of felt slippers, hats, clothes and beautiful felted pictures. Learn the processes of bonding wool fibres together with water and soap or even work in other exotic fibres to form a new and unique textured fabric. Then stitch, frame, embellish and more!

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Painting with wool an introduction to wet felting Todmorden, west yorkshire

Painting with wool an introduction to wet felting Todmorden, west yorkshire

In-person course

Yorkshire - Next course on 21st November 2021

Painting with Wool – An introduction to Wet Felting Wet felting is one of the earliest methods people used to produce fabric. It involves binding wool fibres together with friction, heat and water to produce a piece of material. Wool is a fantastic medium to use to easily produce colourful works of art full of texture and movement. This day is designed to be a relaxing experience suitable for all. The techniques used are calming, easy to learn and absorbing, ideal for helping improve mental well-being. There is even a...

Painting with Wool – An introduction to Wet Felting Wet felting is one of the earliest methods people used to produce fabric. It involves binding wool fibres together with friction,...

Feltmaking 3 Choices! Nuno Scarf, Pictures or Upholstered Footstool.

Feltmaking 3 Choices! Nuno Scarf, Pictures or Upholstered Footstool.

In-person course

Staffordshire - Next course on 30th October 2021

This full day course offers a few options in case you have a friend or family member who would like to make an alternative item. *Nuno scarf -using a fine woven scarf and soft merino fibres. It will keep you cool in the warmer weather but warm during the winter too. They also look fabulous as wall-hangings of table runners. A fine scarf is provided and you have the choice of colours which are patterned but it is the colour that will show through once the wool is on the...

This full day course offers a few options in case you have a friend or family member who would like to make an alternative item. *Nuno scarf -using a fine...

Inspirational course covering wet felting and Nuno techniques in the beautiful Forest of Dean

Inspirational course covering wet felting and Nuno techniques in the beautiful Forest of Dean

In-person course

Gloucestershire - Next course on 22nd October 2021

Experimental felt-making day-course covering basic flat felt and Nuno techniques: Designing and making images and patterns, pre-felts, layering and all you need to get started as a felt maker! You will be shown how to design your own pattern or picture from an image or source of your own choice (don't worry if you haven't got any ideas, I've got lots of books and samples to inspire you) for either a wall hanging, cushion, scarf, or piece of fabric to be later made into something such as a bag or...

Experimental felt-making day-course covering basic flat felt and Nuno techniques: Designing and making images and patterns, pre-felts, layering and all you need to get started as a felt maker! You...

Crafts in the Valley - Felted Pictures Workshop in Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire

Crafts in the Valley - Felted Pictures Workshop in Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire

In-person course

West Yorkshire - Next course on 22nd January 2022

Felting and free motion machine embroidery workshops. Learn how to create watercolours in wool! Crafts in the Valley offers textile and fused glass workshops at the Creative Chameleon Studio in Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire. Full day workshops start at 10.30am and finishing at approximately 4.00pm. In this full day workshop you will have the opportunity to experiment with a range of textiles skills including wet felting, needle felting, hand embroidery and free motion machine embroidery. By the end of the day you will have created a beautiful piece...

Felting and free motion machine embroidery workshops. Learn how to create watercolours in wool! Crafts in the Valley offers textile and fused glass workshops at the Creative Chameleon Studio in...

Felt picture making workshop in Rugby!

Felt picture making workshop in Rugby!

In-person course

Warwickshire - Next course on 27th November 2021

Join me at my Beginners Felt Picture Workshop to learn how to create a beautiful picture of your own using merino wool! On this half day workshop you will be taught how to lay down the merino wool fibres and build up the image and how to mix colours by carding. I will then take you step by step through the wet felting process. You will leave with your own felt picture which you can further enhance at home with stitching if you wish. Half way through we will take...

Join me at my Beginners Felt Picture Workshop to learn how to create a beautiful picture of your own using merino wool! On this half day workshop you will be...

Fun with Felt Flowers

Fun with Felt Flowers

In-person course

Surrey - Next course on 22nd October 2021

We were sort of back on track and I was teaching one to one or small groups of friends - sorry I cannot at this stage agree to teach anyone face to face but I hope that by spring the strings will be loosened somewhat. Meanwhile, see below for Workshop in a Wallet listings - or book now and we'll sort out a date as soon as we are allowed to. Fun with felt flowers gives beginners all the basic information to learn felting around a resist. In the three...

We were sort of back on track and I was teaching one to one or small groups of friends - sorry I cannot at this stage agree to teach anyone...

A complete introduction to wet felting

A complete introduction to wet felting

In-person course

Greater London - Next course on 1st January 2022

In this course you will be introduced to the art of wet felting and variety of its application in making clothes and accessories. Samples are available for demonstration. Each class may accommodate a maximum of 6 people. You will learn about types of wool, fleece, fibres, fabrics and other materials which can be used for making felt and its decoration. You will also get practice in the technique of laying out wool. By the end of the course everyone will make own sample of felt with practical use! Please bring...

In this course you will be introduced to the art of wet felting and variety of its application in making clothes and accessories. Samples are available for demonstration. Each class...

Wet-felting workshop with Fabulous Feltings

Wet-felting workshop with Fabulous Feltings

In-person course

Carmarthenshire - Next course on 22nd October 2021

Full day (10.00-17.00) wet-felting workshop in my riverside cottage studio. Price is per person but there must be 2 attendees for the course to go ahead. You will learn 3 types of wet-felting: - Basic wet-felting - making a fabric from wool fibres by using moisture and heat, without the use of stitching, sticking or sewing. - Nuno felting - combining an open weave fabric plus wool fibres to create a light-weight felt. - Cobweb felting - creating a thin and delicate felt with a 'cobwebby' appearance. At the end...

Full day (10.00-17.00) wet-felting workshop in my riverside cottage studio. Price is per person but there must be 2 attendees for the course to go ahead. You will learn 3...

Craft Retreat at Wild Rose Escapes, Highlands, Scotland

Craft Retreat at Wild Rose Escapes, Highlands, Scotland

In-person course

Highlands - Next course on 23rd October 2021

Come and join us for a week of traditional craft, gentle walks and optional morning yoga - a truly relaxing week for creative people who would like a bit of the outdoors. Over the week participants can have a go at natural dyeing outdoors in the woods. Foraging for dye plants, making botanical dyes from what they have foraged and learning about ancient imported dyes. Guests will dye local fleece as well as fleece from our own small flock of Shetland sheep. After a day of natural dyeing, we will...

Come and join us for a week of traditional craft, gentle walks and optional morning yoga - a truly relaxing week for creative people who would like a bit of...

Introduction to wet-felting: handbag, iPad case or something else!

Introduction to wet-felting: handbag, iPad case or something else!

In-person course

North Somerset - Next course on 22nd October 2021

Design and make your very own felt bag or felted panel. It may be a handbag or iPad case - or something else - you decide. Aimed at the beginner, you'll find wet-felting a wonderfully versatile craft and a fascinating process. With plenty of materials to hand you'll be able to let your imagination run free - and leave ready to embark on your next felt creation! With years in the animation industry, making sets and models for the Aardman films there's not much Cathy hasn't turned her hand to....

Design and make your very own felt bag or felted panel. It may be a handbag or iPad case - or something else - you decide. Aimed at the beginner,...

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