Best Tufting Gun

Last Updated: Oct 15, 2021 @ 1:24 pm.

Best Tufting Gun: Tips & Advice

Yes, tufting custom rugs are all the rage now on social media. If you are rug-curious, you may be tempted into purchasing a tufting gun and giving this new hobby a try.

Tufting guns are an affordable, fast alternative to latch/hook and punch needles—yet a fraction of industrial tufting machine. Many folks have turned this hobby into a side hustle, thanks to affordable tufting guns and a little patience.

Here are some tips and advice on buying a tufting gun for the novice rug maker:

• Yes, tufting guns work must like a sewing machine. They push yarn through fabric with a needle.

• Look for guns that have a variety of settings—some are designed for loop pile or cut pile rugs,.

• Some guns can use more than one thread of yarn at a time.

When we asked our parent readers who are DIY rug enthusiasts for their best advice on buying a tufting gun, we learned it comes down to some basic metrics: stitches per second, the carpet height and the weight of the gun.

After taking several suggestions and doing additional research, here are the tufting guns we think are best:

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