Duygu Turgut Gokpinar
location_on London
local_activity classes: Tufting • Textiles
5.0 (25)
202k followers
Duygu is a DIY projects developer whose main profession is teaching and she started sharing her “do it yourself” ideas on her YouTube channel “Duygu’s DIY Diary” in 2015. After 4 years of working as a teacher and content creator, she left her teaching career behind to pursue her dreams and founded her own studio “Good Things” to develop creative contents for brands, run workshops and work as a multi-dimensional maker. Duygu moved her studio to London at the beginning of 2021 and today, she organizes workshops and develops contents for her social media channels and brands.
Duygu, who is known as one of the pioneers of the “do it yourself” trend in Turkey and she hosted more than 100 craft workshops. Punch embroidery, which she started to shoot videos, has become her biggest passion and she has improved herself in this field. Her first book “Modern Punch Embroidery” was published in 2021. After practicing punch needle embroidery for years and publishing her first book, Duygu founded DUTUGO in late 2021.
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(25)
Nevİn Hanecİ • Apr 2024
I'm not the type of person who is good at doing crafts and stuff. So I never expected to enjoy it so much. At the end of the workshop, I was proud to see that I could do it. Thank you very much for everything, Duygu.
Morgane • Jan 2024
What a lovely afternoon! Duygu provides all materials (including the needle, hoop and yarn to take home) and lots of tips and tricks.
Katie Dearie • Jan 2024
I decided to join this 2-hour class to get a feel for what punch needling involved. Although I found the technique harder than I had thought, I really enjoyed the class. Our teacher, Duygu, was so friendly and very approachable. I was on my own and this is the first class I've ever taken on my own, but I felt really comfortable. I hope to make punch needling a new hobby of mine due to this course. Duygu also sent out emails with images showing which building we needed to go to, which proved to be really useful. Overall, really happy with my experience and would hope to join another class at some point.
Joanne Bailey • Nov 2023
We really enjoyed our punch needle workshop with Duygu! She was a great teacher - friendly, patient, encouraging. We had never done this craft before but created a small cute item and are keen to get going with our own punch needle projects. All materials were provided and we took home everything we needed to continue. The venue is in a great location at London Bridge and we received clear directions by email.
Ella • Nov 2023
This workshop was absolutely great! All materials were provided, and we were even given some extra wool of specific colours if we needed them to finish our project at home. Duygu was a great teacher and made it very easy to follow along, so a perfect class for beginners.
Julia • Aug 2023
This was such a beautiful workshop thank you! Really nice to learn step by step in a small group
Saliha Saygin • May 2023
It was a very nice workshop. Duygu was a really nice person and explained really well. I can’t recommend it enough.
Danielle Huynh • Feb 2023
Duygo was such a passionate, thoughtful and talented teacher. She was very patient and encouraging!
The materials worked perfectly and was very easy to use. I’m surprised how quickly I was able to pick it up and how easy it is to get started. Soo many projects can grow from learning the basics taught in this class.
Definitely good value for money.
Overall it was a wonderful night and experience. Thank you Duygo for sharing your gifts with us.
Shenay Kokoz • Jan 2023
Teacher was amazing. Her knowledge of punch needle was great and explanations for to do punch was clear and understandable for all ages. Thank you so much Duygu
