How Close Should Be When Tufting?

1, About rug density, it mostly comes down to how close your stitches are within each line, and how close each line is to the one next to it. Smaller gaps = denser rug, bigger gaps = softer rug. just taught my mom how to tuft and hers came out super dense because she kept her stitches tight and used about double the yarn I normally do. When you’re tufting, you can’t just let the gun move on its own, you still need to guide it so your stitches have even spacing instead of bunching up too close together. That spacing is what gives the rug a softer, more flexible feel instead of a dense, packed one.

2, Stretch your cloth as evenly and as tight as possible. After a few more rugs, you’ll be able to gauge how close you want the lines.

3, The closer the lines, the denser the rug, the further apart, the softer. But the downfall is on the further apart the lines, it will start to show on the rug side. You’ll see lines on the rug side, because the yarn isn’t packed in. I personally like to keep my lines tight, my lines touch each other. Some people put a very small gap. Also, when doing colors within certain parts, for example, your yellow inside the black, do a yellow line inside the black in the same same, then fill in with vertical lines. It makes it easier on carving.

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