It has a thicker point and an adjustable length which means you can work with a range of thicker yarns, not only making it a great stash buster, but also allowing us to work with this hessian fabric which is inexpensive and much easier to source than the traditional monks cloth. I actually bought my punch rug needle researching new We Make Collective kits from a supplier a while ago and it’s the only one like it I’ve seen. And while I’m sure there’s a good reason for using the proper materials and equipment, when you want to try out a craft it can be off-putting to spend a lot of money before you know if it’s going to be for you. When I started researching punch rug making it looked as if I was going to have to spend quite a bit of cash just to get set up. One of the reasons I’ve been a bit of a rebel putting this tutorial together (well, as rebellious as you can get armed with an embroidery hoop) is because I wanted to make this tutorial beginner friendly. But I’ve also been ignoring a lot of the advice I’ve read, like what fabrics not to use, which just goes to show sometimes it pays to go it alone. It’s taken me a long time to research and work out this elusive technique and the result is a tutorial that is half technically proficient (thank you Youtubers) and half kind of improvised. It seems no one does like to talk about punch rugging, not for beginners anyway. Don’t talk about punch rugging… And I’m only half joking about this one. I’m about to break almost every rule of punch rugging, including the first rule. Any punch rug experts out there? You might want to look away now.
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