Punch Needle Bag Charm Craft Workshop

The Punch Needle Bag Charm Craft Workshop is running at Hotwalls Studios in Portsmouth over the weekend of Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October 2026. It's a hands-on session where you'll learn the basics of punch needle and leave with something you've actually made.

If you've never come across it, punch needle is a form of embroidery that uses a special hollow needle to push yarn through fabric, creating a raised, looped texture. It's a bit like rug-making on a small scale, and it's a lot easier to pick up than it looks. The workshop is set up so you can learn the technique from scratch and then apply it to your own project.

That project is a bag charm — a little textured accessory you can clip onto a bag or use as a keychain. You'll be working with yarn, so you get to choose your colours and see the loops build up as you go. It's the kind of thing you can finish in one sitting and then actually use, rather than just leaving it on a shelf. The session is held in Studio 2 at Hotwalls, which is right down by the water, so it's a good excuse to head down to the seafront for the day.

It runs across both Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October, so you can pick whichever day works best for you. If you've been wanting to try something tactile and come away with a finished charm, this is a straightforward way to do it.