My husband just built me this 5ftx5ft frame and its my first time using it (i used to work on a smaller frame for a long time), so now that im done with these 2 rugs the cloth is super loose even though it was tight as a drum when i started, is stretching before starting on the car a bad idea or??? I need advice😭 these 3 are all commissions so i want them to look good… i will leave a picture for tax and for reference! Thank you in advance❤️

Have I been buying the wrong type of primary backing?

I stretch it tight and it does this .. from centre outwards ..

And where this is happening it's making tight lines go all the way up the canvas and it's making my gun ping all over the place 😭

Some tufters experience an issue where the needle hole plate falls out of the machine. In this step by step video we show you how to put it back easily.

This is our first in a new series of AK-V explainer video's.
If you have a specific repair topic you would like us to explain, share it in the comments.

Hi all, I build Loopi (the yarn calculator some of you have used here). The question I see most in this sub is “where can I try tufting near me?”, and the answers are spread across Instagram and old threads. So I spent the last two weeks rebuilding our workshop directory around that one question.

What’s in it now

• 250+ studios that run beginner gun-tufting sessions, in Europe, the US, Canada, South America and the Middle East. The US list covers 44 states.
• Every studio is pinned to its studio's street address
• A page per city and country with the price range and how many sessions are beginner-friendly.
• Past dates drop off. The Book button goes straight to the studio’s own site. You pay them directly, and I don’t take a cut.
• Free to browse, no account.

If you’re booking your first session

• Pick one marked beginner or “no experience needed”. You start with how to hold the gun and leave with a finished piece.
• Bring a simple design with a few big shapes, and wear closed-toe shoes. Most studios supply the gun, frame, yarn and glue. Some ask you to bring yarn, and those listings say so.

Here it is: loopi.space/workshops

Two checks:

1. Are you a creator and is your local studio is missing, or a listing is wrong, comment and I’ll fix it.
2. If you teach, you can list your studio for free. The page gets ~2,000 visitors monthly.

Happy to answer anything about how it’s put together.

definitely a lil janky, should of made them a bit bigger to start off with but think I picked up on a few things this go around, ignore the marshtomp lol. still working on shaving them down and cleaning them up a little bit more before moving onto the next ones. definitely building a larger frame before starting a new project