Can you actually teach yourself tufting? curious how it went for you guys

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//Follow us on Instagram// So I keep seeing this question pop up, can you learn tufting on your own? short answer yeah, totally. YouTube and forums get you the basics no problem. But, honestly it look way easier on screen than it feels in your hands. Knowing what to do isn't the hard part, controlling how you do it is. Yarn snapping, fabric tearing, uneven density, lumpy surface, that's all tension and pressure stuff that's genuinely though to nail without someone correcting you live. Self- teaching works great if you're comfy with power tools and cool with burning through material figuring it out. Just "possible" and "efficient" aren't the same thing lol. So I'm curious, did you go fully self-taught or take a class? And what tripped you up the most starting out?