How To Feed Your Yarn For Rug Tufting No matter how experienced you are with rug tufting, one factor that many skilled tufters tend to ignore is your yarn feed. People are under the misconception that yarn feeding is an intuitive process that they shouldn’t pay much attention to. After all, how hard can it […]
Novice tufters and even those with intermediate tufting experience might find it hard to get the rug yarn to stay in the primary tufting cloth. They often complain that the yarn will not stick to the cloth and often unravels as fast as the tufting gun stitches the yarn in. Some of the reasons why […]
One of the basics of tufting is to keep your tufting cloth taut and firm. Loose or slack backing cloth leads to many problems such as rips and holes in the cloth. Not only that but you won’t be able to execute complex maneuvers and movements such as curves with the tufting gun if the […]
Rug tufting is more art than science but it’s all hard work. And by the time you’re done tufting, you feel like an artist who’s put their heart and soul into that piece of art. Only, the hard work is not over yet. Before you can lay the hand-tufted rug on the dining room floor […]
Whether you have made your handmade tufted rug yourself or you bought it, it still is a precious item in your house. You want to keep it clean and maintain it to give it a few extra years of life. But most of all, you want to avoid stains, pet hair, and dirt from finding […]
Tufters with little to no experience face many hurdles that can be quite discouraging. From learning how to pick a good tufting gun for beginners to choosing the right tufting cloth and mastering the various techniques. Much like any other hobby, rug tufting requires plenty of practice and learning the basic skills. As a tufting […]