Rug tufting looks complicated until you see it once. A person holds a tool that punches yarn through a fabric backing. A design forms row by row. By the end of a session, you have a small rug or wall hanging you made yourself, not a flat poster or a digital file. If you have only seen clips online, you may wonder how workshops turn that process into a two-hour class for beginners. This post explains what rug tufting is, the steps in order, what a typical session feels like, a

Most people have never used a tufting gun. The process of creating a rug — or a wall-hanging textile — by firing loops of yarn through a stretched fabric with a handheld motorized device is not something widely available outside of professional textile studios. Taking a rug tufting workshop at Craft for Team's San Jose location gives you access to the equipment, the materials, and the instruction to do it well in a single session. Before You Arrive No preparation is needed. T