Needle Felting for Beginners - Next Steps - Newark Buttermarket - Adult Learning

Newark Buttermarket, Exchange Shopping Centre

Key details

Date -
Sessions Wednesdays: 6pm - 8pm
No. sessions 6
Venue Newark Buttermarket, Exchange Shopping Centre
For ages 19+
Group size 5 - 15
Cost FREE - £48

About this course

Explore the basics of 3D needle felting in this six-week course designed for beginners. Each week you’ll build new skills through creative projects, including making a bee and a toadstool. The course gradually develops your techniques and confidence, leading to a final project that brings together everything you’ve learned. Join us to discover the joy of crafting three-dimensional wool sculptures in a friendly, supportive environment.

This fun and creative five-week course is ideal for those who have already tried basic needle felting and are ready to explore 3D forms in more depth. You’ll learn how to build and shape more complex forms, join separate components, and add expressive details to bring your characters and creations to life. Projects may include small animals, wearable brooches, and decorative items using both simple and advanced techniques. Each week, you’ll build confidence through hands-on practice and create a range of small 3D items, with the final sessions focused on completing a more detailed personalised project.

No prior advanced skills are needed, but some experience of basic needle felting (e.g., flat felting or simple 3D shapes) is helpful. This course is designed to support continued development in a relaxed, friendly setting.

Please bring to the course with you:-

  • Medium Gauge Felting Needle (a couple of spares may be useful as they can break).

  • A Felting Mat – There are many different types, this is down to the makers preference, however a cheap starter option is a car cleaning sponge. .You could also use upholstery foam.

  • A small selection of felting wool in natural colours of your choice.

  • 1 or 2 twelve-inch square pieces of felt in autumnal colours.

  • An old woollen item that is either damaged in need of repair or needs updating for week 2.

  • A beginner’s guide to needle felting by Susanna Wallis which can be borrowed from Inspire libraries.

  • A drink, notepad and pen.

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive 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 funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

  • 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

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

  • Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course

  • Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office

  • You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.

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