Autumnal Needle Felting- Adorning and mending wool garments

Get cozy and prepare for fall as we learn 2-d needle felting techniques and adorn our favorite woolens with Autumn motifs
About this Event

Learn the basics of 2-D needle felting in this beginner friendly workshop where we will put personal and unique flares on an article of wool clothing! Students will learn different mending techniques to upcycle loved wool clothing that may have fallen victim to moths or years of wear, or decorate a beautiful new garment that longs to be one-of-a-kind <3

What You'll Learn

• Introduction to 2-D needle felting
• Visible mending techniques
• Decorating wool garments
• Adding personal artistic details
• Basic felting tools and techniques

What to Bring

Please bring one wool garment to decorate or mend. Check your local thrift stores!

If you don't have a suitable garment, wool fabric will be provided for you to create a decorative patch that can later be sewn onto a pre-exhisting garment or hung on the wall

Choosing the Right Garment

For best results, your garment should be made from a protein fiber, such as:

✔ Sheep's wool

✔ Cashmere

✔ Alpaca

✔ Angora

Please avoid:

• Cotton
• Linen
• Silk
• Polyester
• Nylon
• Acrylic

(Blends that closely mimic wool may work.)

Also avoid:

• Jackets with linings (unless you're comfortable removing the lining)
• Very chunky knit sweaters

Flat, tightly knit wool garments work best.

If you're unsure whether your garment is suitable, email a photo to:

[email protected]

About the Instructor

Cricket Kaufman is a fiber artist originally from western Massachusetts who now calls Asheville, North Carolina home. Their lifelong passion for fiber arts began with embroidery as a child and expanded through formal weaving studies in the Professional Craft Program at Haywood Community College.

Today, Cricket works extensively with wool through weaving, natural dyeing, needle felting, and wet felting. Sharing these traditional fiber arts through hands-on workshops has become an important part of their creative practice, and they look forward to helping students discover the possibilities of working with wool.