Wholesale Tufting Supplies for UK Studios & Schools 

Save up to 20% on tufting guns, frames and recycled Loop 8 yarn, with hands on staff training from a London tufting studio.

Trade and Education Tufting Supplies From a Working London Studio

UK Tufting supplies rug tufting equipment, recycled yarn and consumables to schools, colleges, universities and community art centres across the UK. We are a small London maker business running our own tufting studio in Hackney Wick, so you are dealing with people who use this equipment every week, not a catalogue reseller. Whether you are equipping a single art classroom or a full textiles department, our wholesale tufting supplies come with straightforward pricing, clear quotes and practical support.

Wholesale Tufting Pricing: Up to 20% Off for Trade and Education

Trade discount is tiered by order value and applies across the whole catalogue, including tufting guns, frames, Loop 8 recycled yarn, primary and secondary backing cloth, adhesives and finishing tools.

Trade Discount Tiers

How to Get Your Trade Code

Trade codes are issued with your account rather than published on the site, so your pricing stays private to your organisation. Send us your details using the form at the bottom of this page and we will normally set you up the same working day.

Who Our Wholesale Tufting Supplies Are For

We supply organisations that teach, make and create with tufting, including:

• Secondary school and sixth form art, textiles and design technology departments

• Further education colleges and university textiles, fashion, surface design and fine art courses

• Community art centres, youth projects and charities

• Makerspaces, artist studios, prop makers and set builders ordering in volume

Tufting Workshops and Staff Training for Schools and Colleges

Most departments buy the equipment and then need someone to get staff confident with it. We run rug tufting workshops from our Hackney Wick studio and onsite at schools and centres, so we can cover both the kit and the skills.

Training and Workshop Options

• Half day teacher and technician training covering tufting gun setup, tension, threading, safety and maintenance

• Onsite student workshops run by our team, with all equipment brought to you

• Studio visits at Tradestars Hackney Wick for groups and school trips

Tell us your group size, age range and how long you have, and we will put together a plan and a price.

Ordering, Quotes and Invoicing for Education Buyers

We keep the buying process simple for school business managers, procurement teams and department heads.

What to Expect When You Order

• Written quotes held for 30 days, so they survive a budget cycle

• Purchase orders and invoicing arranged case by case, based on what your finance team needs

• Free UK delivery on orders over £60, with larger orders that include frames quoted and delivery confirmed in writing before anything is invoiced

• Stock reserved ahead of term start when you share your dates

• Split delivery across a single quote, so you can take one item now and the rest next term

Most of our range is held in London, and larger restocks arrive by sea, so early notice matters for big orders.

Why Loop 8 Recycled Yarn Works Best in a Teaching Space

Loop 8 is our recycled tufting yarn, chosen for how well it performs in classrooms and studios.

Loop 8 Benefits for Education

• Made from 100% recycled GRS certified PET, which makes it easy to evidence against sustainability aims in a scheme of work

• Supplied on 600g cones in super bulky 8 ply, so a class fills a frame quickly and sees a result in a single session

• 115 colours held in stock, with repeatable colour numbers for easy reordering next term

• Soft, forgiving and machine washable, which suits beginners and mixed ability groups

• Ideal for plush flat pile and colour blocking rather than sharp carved relief, which is usually what a teaching group wants

• Made by our sister company Cheekyarn CIC, so supply and pricing stay under one roof