Needle Felting for Beginners 3D - Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library and Learning Centre - Adult Learning

About this course

Learn the basics of 3D needle felting and create objects using wool roving and a special felting needle. You will learn how to create basic shapes using the needle felting technique, before moving on to making simple animals and birds. You’ll learn how to create simple 3D needle-felted shapes using basic tools and techniques. You’ll start by learning how to use felting needles, wool roving, and foam pads safely and effectively. You’ll practise making basic shapes like spheres and cylinders, then combine them to create a small 3D animal, before going on to creating a needle felted bird! What will learners achieve by the end of the course? Identify and correctly use felting needle, wool and foam pad Show proper needle felting safety techniques each week Demonstrate the ability to create a smooth and evenly felted ball Attach a felted head securely onto a basic animal body Create and attach ears and a tail to a basic felted object/animal body Apply different colours of felt to simulate feathers Demonstrate fine control of felting needle to felt details such as beaks and eyes

Booking your place and fee information

Booking your place and fee information If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for further information https www.inspireculture.org.uk skills learning funding your courses Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course. To enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years. Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required). As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Greater London Greater Manchester Liverpool City Region Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Tees Valley West of England West Midlands West Yorkshire