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Felt Making
Skill Stage 3

Intermediate
Online Felt Course

Enhance your felting skills with our Skill Stage 3 Felt online course. Β If you’re interested in getting to grips with the basics, gaining an in-depth knowledge about FeltingΒ with valuable exposure to professional practice, such as creating a CV and presentation skills,Β then this is the perfect course for you.Β Β Although previous experience isn’t a requirement for the course some students may find it a little more challenging that ourΒ Skill stage 2 course as there are more modules to complete.

As a comprehensive City & Guilds accredited programme this course is nationally recognised for its high standards of teaching, learning and assessment.Β Β 

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Course Features

12 Modules

Work your way through 12 creative felt modules each designed to teach new skills and provide a better understanding of your subject.

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Intermediate Skill level

For felt students with a little experience and study experience.

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Duration

Students are allowed up to 2 years to complete this course. Each module takes roughly 6-8 weeks to complete

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Course Details

This course consists of 12 modules which focus on getting students to develop their own style and designs, while giving students valuable professional practice. As a City & Guilds accredited course, this is a comprehensive online Felt Making course. Not only will you teach essential techniques, you’ll also enhance your own creativity and design skills.

Course Modules

There are around 360 hours of course content and materials split across 12 modules. Here’s what you’ll learn:

  • Get proficient at the Felt basics including flat, patterned and pre felt.
  • Develop more advanced skills like washing machine, cobweb, 3D and hand embroidery techniques.
  • Learn how to incorporate other techniques like, Machine Embroidery on felt, needle felting, stiffening, nuno techniques.
  • Create your own design folio containing all of your designs, research and inspiration. This is a valuable folio which will help you to develop own personal styles and techniques.
  • Create two samples folio containing traditional and contemporary techniques samples.
  • Learn edging and decorative finishing techniques to add a professional looking finish to your pieces.
  • Create three a final assessment pieces. Choose from either a 3D functional item, a panel/hanging/quilt or a wearable art item.
  • Gain professional practise – produce a CV and professional profile, cost items, compile a business plan and present work for promotional purposes online.

Delivery & Assessment

The course is supplied as a distance learning course where course materials and tutor assessments are delivered digitally and work is returned to your tutor via digital presentation.

Your coursework will be reviewed by your tutor and periodically by an Internal Quality Assessor, to ensure the appropriate quality standard is maintained. You will be provided with written feedback in a timely fashion (usually within 10 days) and, if needed, you will be able to re-submit altered work. You can contact your tutor at any time to request your work to date be reviewed and suggestions for future progress be made.

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Course Timescales

There is around 360 hours of course felt making content/materials and it is usual for students to take between 6-8 weeks to complete each module. Students can take up to 2 years to complete, however it is up to the individual student how quickly they wish to return work to their tutor for assessment.

A six-month contingency is available, to cover unforeseen issues such as illness, upon production of supporting documentation,Β  extending the course life to 30 months (2.5 years). The maximum for this extra contingency time is once during the course lifetime.

Aimed At

This course is aimed at crafters with a bit more crafting and felt making experience.  If you’re regularly completing projects using commercial patterns or kits and you have a fair, though not extensive understanding of different stitch techniques, we’d categorise you as having more experience than a beginner.

If you’ve been interested in felt making for a while, have attended a workshop or course and regularly read around your craft (magazines, books, articles) then you’re probably ready to take these more advanced courses. The reason we say this is because our Skill Stage three courses are in-depth courses that require you to research, read and study your subject. We will obviously support you with tasks but some students may find this difficult without previous knowledge and experience of more formal education.

This felting skill Stage 3 course is perfect for those with a business ambition. Our course includes an entire module called professional practise, which is aimed at getting you business ready. We teach valuable industry skills to really give you that professional, competitive edge.

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Tracy Culley Crochet Graduate talk about going from self taught to skilled in crochet and design

Crochet SS3

Tracy Culley

“The design process is something the course really encourages. It helped me to understand a lot about the process of design so I could create unique individual pieces.”
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StΓ©phanie Stafrach intermediate crochet course graduate with her beautiful work

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StΓ©phanie Stafrach

β€œThe thing I am most grateful for is the self confidence I’ve gained from this course. Now when there is something I would like to do, I will not try to find a pattern, I will work around it, I will find a way, a solution to create it. It is not daunting anymore, I know I have the skill to do it, I am not afraid to fail and do it again. Such a wonderful feeling.”
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Machine Embroidery Graduate, Claire Harvey

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Claire Harvey

“I learned so much about myself. With support and praise from my tutor along with other students in the Facebook group, my confidence grew enormously, and I found that I was excited to share my work, something that I had never done before. I even felt confident enough to organise a solo art exhibition at our local gallery. The exhibition was very successful, and I was so proud of myself for having the courage to do it.”
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Graduate Story from Claire Hannibal, Knitting Skill Stage 3

Knitting SS3

Claire Hannibal

“My confidence in β€˜just having a go’ has dramatically increased. I have learned such a range of skills – for example, hand dyeing, designing my own patterns, costing knitting commissions and specific tools to start my own business – all from being willing to have a go. Not everything worked out first time, however the course has taught me that patience and humility are as important as the needles and the yarn!”
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Helen Plummer Machine Embroidery Graduate

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Helen Plummer

“Would I recommend the course? Absolutely! Distance learning has fitted in with my life and I’ve worked at my own pace, although I have to be quite strict with myself to ensure I get on with each module and not procrastinate, but I think that’s more a confidence thing rather than lack of enthusiasm. I won’t pretend that its been easy, but I’ve learned loads already and there’s more still to discover.”
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Level: Advanced
Length: 1-2 years

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Knitting Skill Stage 3

Level: Intermediate
Length: 1-2 years

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Crochet Skill Stage 3

Level: Intermediate
Length: 1-2 years

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Hand Embroidery Skill Stage 2

Level: Beginner
Length: 1 year

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Machine Embroidery Stage 2

Level: Beginner
Length: 1 year

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