Tufting workshops in Switzerland

Studios and dates

• Zurich Beginner

  Beginners Workshop

  Tufting Club

  CHF 2504 hours

  A Zürich studio near Hardbrücke running small-group (5-10 person) beginner tufting classes over about 4 hours, using organic wool or cotton yarn. Also offers an advanced class and multi-session subscriptions, with a reduced rate for low-income participants.

• Basel

  Tufting Kurs

  Takelwerk Design

  CHF 2504 hours

  A small Basel studio offering tufting courses for groups of 2-3 people, run over roughly 4 hours across one or two days. All tufting materials are supplied; participants just bring their own design idea. Studio space can also be rented separately by more experienced tufters.

• Bern Beginner

  Tufting Workshop

  Atelier Goldfaden

  CHF 2704 hours

  A Bern studio session where participants learn to stretch canvas and operate tufting guns, using organic Swiss sheep's wool sourced from a family-run spinning mill in Graubünden. Over about 4 hours you complete a small rug or a three-dimensional wall hanging to take home.

• Basel Beginner

  Tufting Workshop

  atelier uuu

  CHF 2907.5 hours

  A Basel design studio's full-day tufting course covering canvas stretching, transferring a design, tufting with wool, gluing the backing, and finishing, resulting in about a 50x50cm piece. A shorter, cheaper introductory evening session is also available for those who just want a taste of the craft.

• Zurich Beginner

  Tufting Course

  Dynamo Zürich

  CHF 2304 hours

  A beginner-friendly evening course hosted at the Dynamo cultural venue in Zürich by a rotating collective of tufting artists. Over 4 hours, participants go from sketch to a finished wool rug of roughly 40cm diameter, covering frame set-up, design transfer, and finishing techniques. Discounted pricing is available for under-28s and Kulturlegi holders.

• Zurich

  Tufting Workshop

  FabLab Zürich

  CHF 2505 hours

  A 5-hour FabLab Zürich session teaching participants to operate tufting machines using soft Swiss sheep's wool, covering both cut-pile and loop-pile techniques to make a rug or wall hanging. Discounted pricing applies for FabLab members versus the general public.

• Basel

  Tuftingkurs

  Taktil Work/Shop

  CHF 1207 hours

  A Basel craft studio's full-day tufting course focused on modern carpet-making, part of a broader program of hands-on craft classes. Wool is pre-weighed for participants so they get a concrete sense of material use, planning, and sustainability while making their piece.

• Donneloye

  Cours Tufting Premium

  SCraft

  CHF 3501 day (8am-4pm)

  A creative atelier set up on the top floor of a converted barn in the Vaud countryside, running full-day private or small-group tufting courses where you complete an entire rug or wall hanging, from tufting through finishing, and leave with it the same day. Per-person pricing drops when booking as a pair or a parent-child duo.

• Vevey BeginnerMaterials included

  Atelier Tufting Gun

  Lola Jungle

  CHF 2201 day

  A Vevey-based textile artist's full-day workshop where you choose between a cut-pile and a loop-pile tufting gun to build a 1m x 1m piece, with all materials supplied. Sold as a gift-card-style bookable class on her own site, aimed at complete beginners.

• Suhr Beginner

  Tufting Workshop at the Tuftinglove Studio (Aarau)

  Tuftinglove

  1 day (9:00-17:00)

  A Swiss tufting-supplies retailer that also runs its own full-day, one-on-one-friendly beginner workshop at its studio near Aarau, plus pop-up sessions in cities such as Zürich and Bern. The Aarau session runs a full day and covers the whole process with machines and materials supplied.