Beginners Punch Needle Embroidery: Hoop Art

Create your own wonderfully textured
Piece of wall art in this beginner's punch needle embroidery workshop.

You will use a slim needle and DK yarn to create a
piece that can be mounted in a 4” hoop. Not only will you learn a new skill
You'll also enjoy the wellbeing elements of this incredibly therapeutic and
rhythmic craft. No experience is necessary as tutor Caroline will take you
Through each step of the process, from creating your design to threading the
Needle, punching your stitches and finishing a piece
You'll be proud to display.

There’ll be plenty of patterns to choose
From, or if you're feeling inspired, come with your own ideas!

About the tutor:

Tutor Caroline Colam is an experienced
teacher who has been teaching punch needle for several years. She is the author
of the book ‘Punch Needle: Colouring with Yarn’ and is an exhibiting
artist. She creates a wide range of
Fabulously Bright and colourful punch needle pieces and is as passionate about
the therapeutic process as the finished result. Caroline is also a freelance
punch needle designer/maker for Hobbycraft, writing tutorials for the Ideas Hub
On their website.

Further information:

All materials will be provided.

This half day workshop will start at 10am
and end at 1pm. Our café will be open or you are welcome to bring your own
Refreshments.

Participants
must be aged 12+. Under 18s must be accompanied by a paying adult at all times.

If the
Course/workshop you'd like to book is sold out, we do operate a waiting list
Simply contact our box office team on / arts-centre@le.Ac.UK and ask to be added to the waiting
list. We’ll then contact you if a place becomes available, with absolutely no
Obligation to accept it if you've made other plans!

Please ensure that you agree to our updated Terms
& Conditions before booking as courses/workshops
Are non-refundable if cancelled within 21 days of the start date for any
Reason.

We aim to
make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome
just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you'd
Like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss
your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email
Arts-centre@le.Ac.UK, pop in or call, open 7 days a week.

We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts
Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for
Blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied.

Free parking for all customers is available after
5pm on weekdays and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park
next door to Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road. The closest public car
park for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from us
(near De Montfort Hall).