Felt a mushroom out of wool in this beginners friendly needle felting workshop using special equipment with everything provided.

Join textile artist Alisha Hayes of Badger & Bumblebee for this whimsical needle felting workshop at Mary & Archie Chorlton and create your very own charming mushroom.

This is the perfect creative activity for a lovely evening out. In this beginner-friendly session, you will learn how to transform soft wool fibres into a solid 3D shape using special barbed needles.

You will be guided step by step through all the needle felting techniques you'll need to complete your project. Pictures in this listing include the work of other people that had never held a felting needle before for you to see the sort of work you can be making with no prior experience.

All equipment is provided, including: high quality local wool, a felting mat, felting needles and finger mitts so all you need to bring is yourself for a relaxing and creative experience.

This delightful workshop will introduce you to a new creative outlet, leaving you with your own lovely toadstool artwork and the confidence to continue your felting journey at home.

People from all walks of life are welcome and always leave having made works they’re proud of. These felting workshops are all about bringing our own creativity into the sculptures, rather than the type of sessions where everyone makes the exact same artworks; participants are encouraged to express themselves and embrace the weird and wonderful properties of nature to create beauty.

Picture below includes bees, but this is from a longer class. We won't be making bees however there will be lots of different colours and types of mushrooms to choose from!

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