Karen Stewart Textiles

Quality, handcrafted felt and textile accessories and artwork

Wet Felting Workshops

Experience the alchemy of feltmaking on one of my wet felting workshops, at my studio, close to Melton Mowbray, or at a variety of venues around Leicestershire and neighbouring counties.

What is Wet Felting?

Did you know that wet felting is the oldest method of creating fabric known to man, dating back thousands of years?

It involves laying out wisps of wool in different directions, sprinkling them with warm soapy water and then gently rubbing and rolling them until all the fibres have completely bonded together. During the process, other fibres and materials can be incorporated, such as silk threads and fabrics to decorate the surface of the felt. Scarves are made in one flat piece, but neck warmers, vessels, hats and bags are made by felting around a resist (or template) that is then removed part way through the felting process and gently moulded by hand into the shape you want. This is often called seamless felting or 3D.

Felting workshops at my home studio near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

If you would like to try wet felting for yourself, or build on your felting experience, then do come and join me in my light and airy studio in the beautiful Leicestershire countryside, near the Vale of Belvoir.

Workshops at My Studio

Felting Workshops at other Venues

I also teach at other venues around Leicestershire and neighbouring counties, including the Sock Gallery at Loughborough, Attenborough Arts Centre at Leicester, Leicestershire Craft Centre at Market Harborough, and a variety of village halls.

Workshops at Other Venues

Private Felting Workshops

If you have a group of friends who would like to try wet felting, I am very happy to arrange a private session for you. I ask for a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 9 people and can offer a range of different workshops, Just get in touch to discuss your requirements. Email me at karen@karenstewarttextiles.co.uk or call 07733 335816 for more details.

Private Workshops

Gift vouchers for Workshops

Wet felting workshops make a great gift but if you are not sure which workshop they would like, I offer gift vouchers. click the box below to see the range of values I offer.

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Thank you for a very enjoyable workshop yesterday. We are all thrilled with our seascapes. You were very informative, we learnt a lot about the materials we were using and the techniques were carefully explained & demonstrated.

We had a great day and really enjoyed it I am thrilled with my picture. I went to show it to my son and daughter in law (they gave me the vouchers for Christmas) they were impressed. I’m sure we’ll be coming back for some more sessions. Thank you so much

Thanks so much for the workshop yesterday – I really enjoyed it. I’ve attached my picture – the colours and textures look great! I didn’t know much about felting prior to the workshop, but I really enjoyed the physicality of the processes, the artistry of choosing colour and texture and the magic of putting all the elements together and not really knowing how it was going to turn out until the end! The location was lovely, it was well paced. I’ll definitely recommend the course to my friends.

Karen’s workshop was such an enjoyable day, from her warm welcome to the well planned and fabulously resourced tuition. She is a patient and encouraging tutor drawing on her wealth of experience. A perfect course for learning about wet felting.

I really enjoyed the seascape workshop – a present from my son and daughter. I’ve shown it to a few people and they are very impressed. It’s all down to your excellent tuition!

We really enjoyed the session and the pictures have turned out really well – see the attached! We really fancy the autumn scene picture – I’ll keep an eye out for when you’re running one of those!

Absolutely fabulous day! Karen is a super teacher and very thorough in her tutoring. She has an amazing array of wools to work with and both of us came away with superb pictures that will definitely be framed!