What you'll leave with
- Your own custom-designed rug, 30 x 40cm, finished by you.
- Hands-on technique with the cut pile tufting gun
- Ten euros off your own tufting gun, plus cheap frame rental at the studio afterward.
Workshop in detail
Get your hands into wool and yarn with Hannah, of the Shaggies team, and turn a blank canvas into your own rug in one weekend afternoon. This crash course moves at a faster pace than Shaggies' full-day class, so keep your design simple: a clear, figurative, or abstract shape works best in the time you have.
You start by choosing your design, whether that is an idea of your own, something pulled from Shaggies' Pinterest board and Instagram, or the look books of past students' work kept in the shop. Then Hannah shows you what to look for in fabric and wool before your design gets transferred onto the canvas.
Tufting itself uses the cut pile gun, the tool behind most of the tufted rugs you have seen on social media, so you get hands-on with the exact technique that made the craft popular. Once the tufting is finished, you finish the piece yourself: shaving, gluing, and backing it into something ready to hang on your wall.
Details
Duration
3 hours
Group size
4–7 participants
Minimum age
12+
Language
English
Location
Shaggies Amsterdam Tufting Shop & Studio
Czaar Peterstraat 104a, 1018PS Amsterdam
This venue is not accessible for visitors with reduced mobility.
Good to know
- Shaggies is at Czaar Peterstraat 104a in Amsterdam.
- Because of the time limit, keep your design simple: intricate detail doesn't fit into three hours.Unlimited coffee, tea, soft drinks, cookies, and snacks are included.
- Afterward you can rent a frame at the studio for less or get ten euros off your own tufting gun if the craft sticks with you.
Meet your artisan
Hannah
Hannah is the owner and founder of Shaggies, a tufting shop and studio on Czaar Peterstraat in Amsterdam. Originally from the United States, she left a corporate career behind to tuft full time, turning her own hobby into a studio where a team of teachers now shares it with beginners every week. Gue…
Speaks English, Dutch
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