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The Best Yarn for Tufting: Acrylic, Wool and Blends
Which yarn to tuft a rug with, fibre by fibre: how it feeds through the gun, how it wears on a floor, its cost per square metre and how many strands to run.
Cut Pile vs Loop Pile: Which Should You Tuft?
The difference between cut pile and loop pile in tufted rugs: how each looks, feels and wears, how much yarn each uses, which gun you need, and when to combine them.
How Much Yarn Do You Need for a Tufted Rug?
Yarn per square metre for tufting by yarn type, strands and pile height, with a worked example and the buffer to add. The figures Loopi's calculator uses.
How to Start a Tufting Business and Take Rug Commissions
From tufting hobby to paid commissions: what to sell, how to price, the process from enquiry to delivery, deposits, contracts and finding clients.
How Much Fabric for Quilt Backing, Binding and Batting
Work out quilt backing, binding and batting yardage step by step: backing overage for domestic and longarm quilting, vertical vs horizontal seams, 108-inch wideback, binding strips and packaged batting sizes, with worked examples.
Tufting Gun Troubleshooting: Not Cutting, Skipping, Jamming
Why a tufting gun stops cutting yarn, tears the backing cloth, skips stitches or jams, and how to fix each problem, plus a simple cleaning and oiling routine.
Tufting vs Punch Needle vs Latch Hook vs Rug Hooking
How the four ways of making a pile rug compare on speed, cost, noise, skill and finished result, and which one to choose for your first project.
Introducing the Loopi Quilt Designer
Design a quilt from a picture or from pieced blocks, audition fabrics, and watch the yardage and cutting plan update as you work. Free, in the browser — and still experimental.
Tuften voor beginners: zo begin je
Wat tapijt tuften is, welke spullen je nodig hebt en wat dat kost, de werkwijze van ontwerp tot kleed en de fouten die de meeste beginners maken.
Preparing a Carpet Design for Tufting
How to take a rough design idea and prepare it for tufting: color reduction, sizing for your frame, and choosing cut vs loop pile.
Hoe prijs je een getuft kleed op maat?
Zo prijs je een getuft kleed op maat: materiaal, arbeid, overhead en winst, met een rekenvoorbeeld, prijzen per vierkante meter en minimumprijzen.
How to Make a Tufting Stencil From Any Photo
Turn a photo or drawing into a frame-ready tufting stencil: simplify the design, choose colours, size and mirror it, then transfer it to the cloth.