Fiber Art Classes

Have some FIBERY FUN…One day classes, include all materials and a warm, delicious farm to table style lunch. Many classes offered for all levels. A great thing to do with a group of friends!

NEW!
Needle Felted Funky Chicken Class
Learn to use special needles to felt an adorable funky chicken, owl, eagle, or bird of any kind that inhabits your imagination! This is a great class for beginners.

Wet Felted Wall Hanging Class
Learn to use a combination of wet felting and needle felting techniques to create a wall hanging. We will start by laying out the base or background of the wall hanging, using lots of texture from mohair curls and yarns. We will then needle felt a focal point (bird, or other item) and wet felt it all together. Once it is wet felted and secure we will come back with the needles and add more details.
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Needle Felted Raccoon Class
Learn to needle felt this adorable little bandit in a one day class. He is part of our Chubby Critters Collection that is also available in kits that come with a video tutorial and instructions blog page. He has a wire tail, but soft body and legs. Of the three Chubby Critters, he is probably the most challenging.

Wet Felted Funky Vessel Class
Fun and funky wet felted vessels. In this class we will learn to make vessels using the resist method in wet felting. Choose from 4 different shapes and sizes of resist and many, many colors. The vessels will have loads of texture as we will be adding silk bits and curly mohair curls.
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The Naked Truth Needle Felted Figure Class
If you have always wanted to learn to make needle felted figures or dolls, this is a great starting place. The figurative study of anatomy in its truest form (naked) will help you understand how to change the shape of your figure by adding bits of fiber in all the right places. We will keep the facial features simple and focus on over all expression instead. Pick your favorite activity, be it playing a sport, gardening, or just a hike in the woods and we will use that as our base for expression with your figure.
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Needle Felted a Long Eared Jerboa Class
Learn to needle felt this adorable elusive Long Eared Jerboa in a one day class. She is part of our Chubby Critters Collection that is also available inkits that come with a video tutorial and instructions blog page.

Needle Felt an Opossum Class
Learn to needle felt this adorable little Opossum in a one day class. He is part of our Chubby Critters Collection that is also available inkits that come with a video tutorial and instructions blog page. He has a wire tail, but soft body and legs.

Nuno Felting a Patchwork Alpaca Scarf
Learn to felt using patches of different silks to create a scarf with loads of crinkly silk texture. For more information on the Class, click here.

Nuno Felting an Alpaca Scarf
Learn to felt on hand dyed silk fabric to create a scarf with a beautiful drape and fun texture. For more information on the Nuno Felting a Scarf Class, click here.

Nuno Felted Poncho/Cape with matching Wristlets
Two wet felting methods. Nuno felting a poncho or cape and resist we felting matching wrist covers. Adorable on!
You choose colors! Click here for details.

Needle Felting Little Mice
Learn to make a couple of little mice in the this needle felting class.
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Wet Felted Flower Necklace/Scarf Class
Learn to felt make three types of flowers and leaves on a fiber necklace. For more information on the Wet Felted Flower Class, click here.

Dying to Learn Class
Learn about natural and commercial dyes, skirting & washing fleece, dying yarn, roving and silk. For more information on the Dying to Learn Class, click here.

Nuno Felting an Alpaca and Silk Vest
We will make a pattern so your vest fits you perfectly. You choose colors. For more information on the Nuno Felting a Vest Class, click here.

Painting with Fiber Class
Using special needles and your favorite picture for reference, we will learn to paint using fiber. For more information on the Painting with FIber Class, click here.

Needle Felted Chipmunk Class
Learn to sculpt with fiber using special needles. We will make a wire armeture so your chipmunk is fully poseable. To learn more about the Chipmunk Class, click here.

Lots of Locks Skinny Alpaca Felted Scarf
Texture, texture and more soft texture added to the fun wet felted alpaca scarf. For more information on the Lots of Locks Scarf Class, click here.

Needle Felted Sloth Class
Using special needles we will learn to felt an adorable sloth. Make an armature as well as a hard nose and sloth toes using fiber & glue. For more information on the Felted Sloth Class, click here.

Ecoprint Dying Class
Collect leaves and flowers and learn to use them to print unique designs on silk, wool and paper.. For more information on the Ecoprinting Class, click here.

Needle Felted Space Monster Class
Learn to sculpt with fiber using special needles. We will make a wire armeture so your Space monster is fully poseable. To learn more about the Space Monster Class, click here.

Silk Scarf Dying Class
Dye four different silk scarves while learning four different silk dying techniques. Ecoprint, Tie dye, and Ice Dying will all be covered in the class. As well as the art of over dying.
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Necklace and Earring Class
Learn how to make your own jewelry, including how to make the wire/chain connections, findings as well as felting fiber beads and hammering metals. For more details about the Necklace and Earring Class, click here.

Needle Felting Pumpkins Class
Learn to needle felt several different size pumpkins with different facial expressions. This is a great way to learn to do felted faces that can then be applied to dolls or other creatures in the future. To learn more about the Pumpkin Class, click here.

2023 Fiber Arts Class Schedule at Lasso the Moon Alpaca Farm
Posted schedule is for Jan -mid July,
We will add late summer and fall classes by mid May, so check back for updates.

Fiber Art Video Tutorials!

Click here to view some of LMA/Lardworks Studio Lunch Recipes

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Traveling for the class? Below is a list of Hotel, Cabin rental & B&B recommendations. Some of the places listed will give you a discount if you tell them you are taking at Lasso the Moon Alpaca Farm/Lardworks Studio.

Paradise Hills Resort, Winery and Spa Resort, click here to make reservations. (Will give you a 10% discount if you are taking a class – use promo code Lasso to receive the discount)
Suches Vacation Rentals (Dozens of cabin rental options, plus tree houses! click here to make reservations.
2s Company Cabins, almost walking distance from the farm, click here.
Above the Rest Luxury Cabins, click here
Kilin Tyme Cabins (minimum 2 night stay), click here
Mountain Paws Cabin Rentals, click here
Cobb Creek Cabins (minimum 2 night stay – Muphy, NC about 30 minutes from us on an alpaca farm, but could be good if you are traveling from midwest – ie, Ohio, Ky, or even the Knoxville area), click here
Trackrock Stables & Campground – RV site and horse back riding, click here
Chauncy Hill Bed and Breakfast, in Hiawassee, GA (20 minutes) Possible shuttle service, click here
Brasstown Valley Resort & Spa, restaurant on site, golf course, Possible shuttle, click here.
Coperhead Lodge, Cabin rentals – restaurant on site, click here here
Chancy Hill Inn and Bed & Breakfast, Hiawasee, GA, Beautiful views, Only about 15 minutes from us, click here