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Pricing your handmade rug

Tufted rugs are a booming business with more and more artists expressing their creativity through innovative and unique pieces. If you are looking to break into the tufted rug business then you will need to consider a lot of things before you launch your business like the name, logo, available designs and packaging. One extremely important aspect of a tufted business that you will also need to consider is the pricing. This article will guide you on the different things you should consider when deciding how much to charge for your tufted rugs.MaterialFor every...

calendar_today Jan 12, 2022

The ultimate guide to finish your hand tufted rugs

How to finish your hand tufted rugs depends on what product you need in the end, and then you do your work accordingly. Whether you want to hang it on the wall as a unique aesthetic piece or need it as a rug on the floor, or want to enjoy it as a garment. To finish your hand tufted rugs depends on two things: Glue Backing Here are some steps, and by following them, you can efficiently get your desired piece of work. Glue the loom and let it dry.Apply the glue while it’s stretched...

calendar_today Nov 04, 2021

How to Create Clean Lines

Many people attempt to create specific shapes on rugs. This can be challenging as yarn tends to be fluffy and spread around your tufted lines instead of staying straigt and neat. If you want to learn some tips and tricks for taking your tufting game to the next level by creating clean and crisp lines in your rugs then keep reading. This blogpost lists out a few tips that will help you keep your lines clean! Filling First thing to says is that the first lines always spread, as soon as you will start...

calendar_today Sep 07, 2021

Understanding the scissors of your tufting gun

A deeper dive in the working of your cut pile tufting gun! For this blogpost I took an authentic manual tufting machine to explain to you how the scissors of your tufting gun work. Although this machine is not electric, it has the same mechanism as most electric tufting guns and therefore helps you understand how it works. At first. this is what a manual tufting machine looks like. It has two handles, one to keep the gun in place and the other one to push the scissors and needle through the cloth. It has...

calendar_today Mar 11, 2021

What type of yarn is good for rug making?

Even though your tufting gun can handle practically any yarn type, not every wool is suitable for durable rug making. Wool is very popular in rug making. The beneficial properties of natural wool are unrivaled by any man-made (sythetic) fiber known today. This blogpost dives a bit deeper in the qualities of wool and where your rug wool comes from. Wool refers to the full fleece on the outside skin of sheep. The hair of the sheep can be divided into two types: The topcoat, aka the guard hair The undercoat The guard hair is...

calendar_today Mar 05, 2021

Maintenance on your tufting gun: Lubrication

Your tufting gun is subjected to continious movement when you are using it. This causes frictional resistance, resistance that arises as a result of friction with the subsurface. For your machine to run smoothly it is important to keep the frictional resisitance low. Only the slightest tension in these movements can cause the machine to become hot, even overheat, and eventually cause the motor to stop moving. Compare it to exstensively rubbing on your skin, without oil the skin becomes hot and irritated. To prevent this, the main aspect of maintenance is lubrication.. Proper lubrication makes all the...

calendar_today Mar 01, 2021