Creative felting & textile workshops in Scotland
We run a variety of course throughout the year however, if you do not see the course you want, or if you can’t make one of the dates on offer why not invite a group of friends and organise your own playday.
Felting Workshop Dates for 2012
March 10th | Felting Feast | Come and make whatever takes your fancy (within reason!) and revel in our glorious mass of colour and texture.
March 24th | Beautiful Bags | An old favourite workshop, come and learn a basic 3D felting technique and make a lovely handbag, clutch bag or even a sporran.
April 7th | Hat Felting | Design and make your very own fabulous felted hat using luxurious merino and silk for that extra edge of gleam and softness.
April 21st | Free Form Crochet | Creating wild and wonderful free-form textured shapes from our wide range of interesting yarns, to use as a centre for a cushion, decoration for a bag, on a hat or even as a piece of textile art.
May 5th | Dyeing Texture | Dyeing a range of different silk and wool fibre textures then experimenting with felting the textures you have dyed.
May 19th | Mini Books | Learn to make a range of folded and stitched book forms on a tiny scale. These can be used as tiny journals, handbag sized photo albums, or even as a special card.
June 2nd | Fabulous Felted Flowers | Learn to make your own glorious flower corsages that can be worn on your coat, jumper, hat or handbag. They can also be given a stem and used as decoration in the home.
June 16th | Weaving Wishes, Memories and Dreams | Weaving on a piece of driftwood that becomes both the loom and a part of the weaving. Hard to describe but a very lovely process with beautiful results.
June 30th | Gnomes | Making small friendly gnomes from felt and other things.
July 14th | Felting Journal Covers | Making yourself a felted cover using inserts, textured special fibres and nuno felting to create a truly unique and beautiful re-usable journal cover. Further info to follow soon!
July 28th | Sculptural Felt | Vessels, vases and pots – learn to create three dimensional shapes in felt.
August 11th | Wild 3D Felting | Come and experiment with forms inspired by seed pods, microscopic life forms and your own imagination!
August 25th | Felting Feast | Come and make whatever takes your fancy (within reason!) and revel in our glorious mass of colour and texture.
September 8th | Felting Landscapes | Come and learn to ‘paint’ beautiful landscapes with merino and silk.
September 22nd | Felted Flower Wall Hanging | Create a large botanical study in felt.
October 6th | Freeform Scarves | Learn to make a sculptural pre-felt scarf in funky shapes and glorious colours.
October 20th | Fabulous Felted Flowers | Learn to make your own glorious flower corsages that can be worn on your coat, jumper, hat or handbag. They can also be given a stem and used as decoration in the home.
November 3rd |Felted Flower Lights | Felt a fabulous festoon of flowers and attach them to a string of fairy lights.
November 17th |Christmas to Keep |Come and make heirloom Christmas decorations.
December 1st |Felting Feast | Come and make whatever takes your fancy (within reason!) and revel in our glorious mass of colour and texture.