Felt yourself a Beanie Hat

In this workshop with textile artist Carolyn Ballard  of Creative South West you will make a beautiful soft Beanie Hat working with a resist using the wet felting process. The materials you will be working with are wool tops with silk, bamboo or woolly fibre embellishments. You will learn the best way to lay out the fibres and decoration- to create a wearable piece of art and the result will be unique and as colourful or as subtle as you wish. 

You will also have the chance to work with a ceramic palm washboard, which cuts down the amount of rolling to shrink down your hat to fit you.

About your tutor:

Carolyn Ballard is a textile artist and designer-maker based in South Devon, creating original felted and nuno-felted wearable accessories and pictures.

She works with a beautiful range of natural fibres, including merino, Bluefaced Leicester and Cotswold wool tops, as well as silk and other natural materials. Her work celebrates the versatility, texture and character of these fibres.

An experienced teacher of both art and textiles, Carolyn enjoys sharing her skills and knowledge with others through workshops, welcoming both beginners and more experienced crafters.

Carolyn is a founder member of Creative South West, a not-for-profit organisation supporting established and emerging textile artists. She is also an accredited Tutor for Trinity College London Arts Award qualifications.