Oxford Certified Instructor Course
Dates: 2025 dates not yet established
Hours: Sunday-Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-12pm (no early departures please).
Evening class hours: Sunday-Friday 6pm-8pm
Levels: Intermediate/Advanced
Tuition: $1400. Includes class manual, pre-class sampler, and all the materials needed for the in-class sampler (pattern, yarn, and fabric strips). Also included is a welcome dinner, and daily morning and afternoon snacks. Scholarships available through the Oxford Rug School
This seven-day certification program is designed for anyone who is interested in becoming a punch needle rug hooking instructor. There are very few punch needle teachers in the United States or abroad, and this is an excellent opportunity to get a good start in an exciting field. You will cover all the topics necessary to give you the skills and confidence needed to be a successful rug hooking teacher and will go home with a personal teaching plan to help you get started, learn where to teach, where to get supplies, how to write course descriptions, lesson plans, supply lists, contracts, and much more.
Learn potential problems, pitfalls, and “tricks of the trade,” both for doing the craft itself, and passing it on. Students will have the chance to practice new teaching skills by giving each other private lessons and most importantly, will learn how to be the very best rug hookers that they can be so their students can learn by example.
Many different techniques will be taught including how to use all the Oxford Punch Needle sizes, shading, yarn blending, three-dimensional rug hooking, sculpting, and how to use novelty yarns and strips of fabric. Students will begin a sampler in class that will illustrate these techniques and serve as an excellent teaching aid.
Participants will also be required to design a 2' x 3' rug ahead of time to be color planned in class. Both the sampler and the 2' x 3' rug will later be finished as homework.
Those who successfully complete this course will be made Certified Oxford Instructors and will be provided with ongoing support and the benefits that come from being accredited by a respected pioneer in the field. Please note that this is a demanding and intensive program where much is given but much is also required. Come ready to work very hard and learn a lot! Punching experience is a must but no former teaching experience is required.
Homework Deadline: TBD in class
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Prerequisite: Students need to have completed one beginning and one intermediate class an approved Oxford Certified Instructor or have experience in punch neele rug hooking. If this is not possible, participants are required to complete at least two small punched pieces such as chair seats or wall hangings. Photographs of your best piece must be provided as part of your application to the program. Upon acceptance into the program, students will be required to complete a specially designed 6” x 8” pre-class sampler provided by the school to prepare them for the rug punching portion of the workshop. All students must read Amy's New book Punch Needle Rug Hooking - Your Complete Resource to Learn & Love the Craft from cover to cover. Students are also required to read the seventy-six page Teacher Training Manual that we will be using as our workbook in class.
How To Apply Contact me at [email protected] to receive a class application
Materials Fee: All materials for the pre-class sampler and in-class sampler are provided as part of your tuition. Frames and needles will be available but their cost is not included in the tuition. After class you will need to provide the monk's cloth and fibers for your 2' x 3' certification rug. This cost will vary depending on what you use from your own stash and what you choose to purchase . All the materials for your in-class sampler are included in the tuition. A supply list will be provided upon acceptance to the program.
Dates: 2025 dates not yet established
Hours: Sunday-Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-12pm (no early departures please).
Evening class hours: Sunday-Friday 6pm-8pm
Levels: Intermediate/Advanced
Tuition: $1400. Includes class manual, pre-class sampler, and all the materials needed for the in-class sampler (pattern, yarn, and fabric strips). Also included is a welcome dinner, and daily morning and afternoon snacks. Scholarships available through the Oxford Rug School
This seven-day certification program is designed for anyone who is interested in becoming a punch needle rug hooking instructor. There are very few punch needle teachers in the United States or abroad, and this is an excellent opportunity to get a good start in an exciting field. You will cover all the topics necessary to give you the skills and confidence needed to be a successful rug hooking teacher and will go home with a personal teaching plan to help you get started, learn where to teach, where to get supplies, how to write course descriptions, lesson plans, supply lists, contracts, and much more.
Learn potential problems, pitfalls, and “tricks of the trade,” both for doing the craft itself, and passing it on. Students will have the chance to practice new teaching skills by giving each other private lessons and most importantly, will learn how to be the very best rug hookers that they can be so their students can learn by example.
Many different techniques will be taught including how to use all the Oxford Punch Needle sizes, shading, yarn blending, three-dimensional rug hooking, sculpting, and how to use novelty yarns and strips of fabric. Students will begin a sampler in class that will illustrate these techniques and serve as an excellent teaching aid.
Participants will also be required to design a 2' x 3' rug ahead of time to be color planned in class. Both the sampler and the 2' x 3' rug will later be finished as homework.
Those who successfully complete this course will be made Certified Oxford Instructors and will be provided with ongoing support and the benefits that come from being accredited by a respected pioneer in the field. Please note that this is a demanding and intensive program where much is given but much is also required. Come ready to work very hard and learn a lot! Punching experience is a must but no former teaching experience is required.
Homework Deadline: TBD in class
.
Prerequisite: Students need to have completed one beginning and one intermediate class an approved Oxford Certified Instructor or have experience in punch neele rug hooking. If this is not possible, participants are required to complete at least two small punched pieces such as chair seats or wall hangings. Photographs of your best piece must be provided as part of your application to the program. Upon acceptance into the program, students will be required to complete a specially designed 6” x 8” pre-class sampler provided by the school to prepare them for the rug punching portion of the workshop. All students must read Amy's New book Punch Needle Rug Hooking - Your Complete Resource to Learn & Love the Craft from cover to cover. Students are also required to read the seventy-six page Teacher Training Manual that we will be using as our workbook in class.
How To Apply Contact me at [email protected] to receive a class application
Materials Fee: All materials for the pre-class sampler and in-class sampler are provided as part of your tuition. Frames and needles will be available but their cost is not included in the tuition. After class you will need to provide the monk's cloth and fibers for your 2' x 3' certification rug. This cost will vary depending on what you use from your own stash and what you choose to purchase . All the materials for your in-class sampler are included in the tuition. A supply list will be provided upon acceptance to the program.