Private punch needle tutoring

I really enjoyed my lesson with Sara. I chose one-to-one because of the location was more convenient than the workshops & I learnt so much in the time, I’m glad I booked it. I was struggling with ‘off the shelf’ high street kits and couldn’t understand why I was finding punch needle so hard! Sara taught me all the basics and how to get started properly, the difference in yarns, needles, base cloths and frames. I came away able to finish the design easily at home and with enough knowledge to be confident in the basics so I can start new projects by myself. I will be back with Sara to learn more advanced techniques. Thoroughly recommend!

I had a one-to-one lesson with Sara to learn to use to the Oxford punch needle I’d received for Christmas. Sara is so warm and friendly and personable - I felt completely at ease with her straight away. She knows everything there is to know about punch needle and explained it all so clearly, going through each step of the process from setting up to finishing, answering all my questions and providing lots of tips and tricks along the way. The gripper strip frame, monks cloth, and yarn we used in the session (and which I’ve purchased) were all of beautiful quality. I feel so much more confident after my session with Sara and would 100% recommend a one-to-one!

Sara taught myself and my two children punch needle She was brilliant at explaining how to do it, taking it at everyone's pace and developing our knowledge. The materials are excellent quality and it is something we have all gone on to develop and use. I highly recommend Sara and learning punch needle.

I reached out to Sara for some private tuition as I was wanting to create a large rug and needed some help to set up, plan and create it. I had some experience of needle punching from kits that I'd bought from her and a couple of workshops I'd done.

Upon reaching out to Sara she was very accommodating and we managed to find a date that suited us both. She advised me what I needed to bring with me for the session as well as what sorts of things I needed to think about beforehand for the rug. She was patient and informative and helped me enormously with the initial stages. She also helped me think about the progress, how to move the project around the gripper frame and how to finish the project upon completion.

We both have very different colour palettes but Sara was flexible and tolerant when we played around with different colours to find something that worked well and made a harmonious mix. I used two different types and weights of yarn and she helped me to understand how this could be worked into the design and pattern.

All in all it was a good investment of both time and money as it allowed me to ask questions, get useful advise, as well as have someone checking my technique and helping me to improve. I would definitely recommend getting tuition from Sara.