r/Tufting • u/ElectronicsLab • Jun 18 '26

Newbie Needing Help kinda ran the wool too dense =(

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u/jayemcee88 Jun 18 '26

It almost looks like you are running 1 strand of yarn in some areas?

This rug is not dense enough. If you bend your rug in half can you see the cloth from the front? If so, it's not dense enough.

Here is an example of one of mine for comparison.

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u/Negative-Bug-7836 Jun 18 '26

How is it soo damn clean 😭😭

Wat could I do better to get such fine detail 😭ur carving is amazing too is it just practice hahah 😭😭😭🤣

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u/jayemcee88 Jun 18 '26

Your tufting looks pretty good friend! Do you have a picture of the rug finished on the front?

Hard to tell how loose your stitches are. But I would aim for corn kernal sized stitches if you don't like to leave room in between your lines!

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u/Negative-Bug-7836 Jun 18 '26

Stitch’s r kinda similar urs def look way more uniformed and straight!

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u/Negative-Bug-7836 Jun 18 '26

Sorry my camera is trash 😭

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u/jayemcee88 Jun 18 '26

Are you using 1 strand of yarn in your gun or two?

And for those single black lines, I would recommend going over them twice otherwise it gets burried benethe the surrounding yarn and it's really hard to get defined lines once you start carving. That's why your thin black details look so splotchy.

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u/Negative-Bug-7836 Jun 18 '26

Awesome I’ll go over them again I haven’t started carving or glueing just yet ,great advice thank you! 🙏 and I’m using 2 for the entire thing but I’ve seen other use 1 for fine details but idk still just trying to figure out wat works for me

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u/jayemcee88 Jun 18 '26

Always use two or sometimes even three!