Needle Felt a Reindeer: Live Online

Monday, December 11, 2023
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Tuition: $45  Materials: $32  Shipping: $10

Register by Thursday, December 1 in order to receive supplies prior to class. Local folks can save on shipping and pick up the kit from the Ely Folk School.
*Class for ages 8-100

Needle felting is fun and accessible. In this virtual class with fiber arts instructor Laura Berlage, we will mail you a kit with all the supplies you need (just bring a scissors), including hand-dyed wool from her farm’s flock of sheep, needles, critter specific accoutrements, and a foam work surface. Laura will then guide you step-by-step for transforming the carded wool into your own adorable reindeer, complete with antlers and a bell, just in time for the holidays! Great for beginning and intermediate level felters.

About the Instructor: Laura Berlage is a contemporary Renaissance woman living and working on her family’s century-old homestead farm outside Hayward, WI. From fiber arts to creative writing, music to storytelling, she never tires of the magic of transforming ideas into form and overlapping narrative and visual.

Laura also loves working with the many and beautiful natural materials from her farm—especially the wool from her sheep. Completing her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at Goddard College in 2011, Laura continues her lifelong passion for learning with engaged, hands-on teaching for small groups to encourage creativity, imagination, and expression.