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00:00Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. It's Dani, and by the time you're watching this, you will notice my new channel's name, Dani Tries, and today we are at this lovely arts place trying some rug tuffing. So, let's get started.
00:22Hello, hey Dani. My name is Ruben. I'll be your instructor today.
00:26Hi, Ruben. I'm excited.
00:28Yeah, me too. It's going to be a fun day.
00:29I'm going to make some rugs.
00:31Okay, so we're going to get started. Ruben's going to go ahead and show me some safety rules, and yeah. So, Ruben, take over.
00:40All right. So, for the gun, this is the most important part. All these are moving parts, right? This is a moving needle.
00:47So, you're never going to want to put your hands on these moving parts or any part of your body in front of the needle.
00:51That looks dangerous.
00:52Yeah, yeah. If the gun goes off, these will wrangle your fingers, and this is going to stab you like 100 times in half a second.
00:58Okay. All right. Just to show you what that looks like.
01:00Good to know.
01:01Oh, wait. That's slow.
01:02Oh, wow.
01:03All right. So, you will end up a little bit full of holes. So, please don't do that.
01:06Okay.
01:06You notice you have long hair, so you are going to want to pick it up.
01:09Well, I'm going to go ahead and pick up my hair right now, because I do not want this hair to be cut anytime soon.
01:17All right. From here, you're going to put on these pegs. You're going to go up through the loops.
01:20I'm going to grab them at the same time. All right. And from there, you're going to grab your threader, which should be at every station in little cups.
01:29All right. So, this is your threader.
01:30Okay.
01:30From there, you could do this either standing up or sitting down. All right. In this example, I'm going to show you standing up.
01:38Okay.
01:38All right. So, you're going to get your threader.
01:40Okay.
01:40You're going to put it through the needle hole.
01:42Got it.
01:43From the bottom to the top.
01:44All right.
01:44All right. Once you have it through the needle hole, you'll then put it through this metal loop. And once the threader is through both those areas, you can then grab your yarn and pull or push it through the threader.
01:54Got it.
01:55All right. Once it's in the threader, you can pull the threader down and you're good to go.
01:59Rule number one, you're going to maintain plenty of pressure on the fabric the whole time you're tufting.
02:05Okay.
02:06All right. We want to see an indentation in the fabric from how much pressure you're putting.
02:10Like that hole like that?
02:11Mm-hmm. Yeah. So, the hole, as long as your finger doesn't fit inside, it's okay.
02:15Okay.
02:15But yeah, you want to see it pushed in.
02:17Okay.
02:17All right. This is important because this is a cut pile gun, which means it cuts the yarn as you tuft.
02:22All right. So, if you're not pushing all the way through, it is going to still cut your yarn, but it'll also cut the fibers.
02:27Oh.
02:28Because it has a little scissor that cuts the yarn as you tuft.
02:30Yeah. It does look pretty sharp.
02:32Yeah. So, you got to push the scissors to the other side so it doesn't cut these fibers.
02:36If you're not pushing enough, you're going to notice three things. You're going to notice the fabric jumping back at you.
02:41You're going to hear a distinct sound of the fabric bouncing against the gun.
02:44Okay.
02:45And you're going to see the yarn sticking out on this side. Just to show you what that looks like.
02:53All right. So, the yarn sticking out on this side.
02:55Oh, yeah.
02:55And the other two are a little harder to tell, but you'll hear a different kind of sound of bouncing.
03:00And you're going to notice the fabric pushing back against the gun.
03:03What does it look like if you've done it right?
03:04So, for a nice stitch with enough pressure, you should see all the stitches on that side of the fabric.
03:10Oh, wow. That's a big difference.
03:12Mm-hmm.
03:12Yeah.
03:13Okay. So, I'll definitely know if I'm doing something wrong.
03:15Yeah.
03:16All right. So, for rule number two, and this is the most important rule out of all the three rules.
03:20Okay.
03:21All right. You have to turn the gun wherever you're going.
03:23All right. Think of it kind of like driving.
03:24Okay.
03:25If you don't turn, eventually you're going to crash.
03:28All right. So, as an example, all right. So, I'm facing up. So, I'm going to go up,
03:33to the right, up, to the left, and down.
03:38All right.
03:38Oh, okay.
03:39Now, I suggest you never work going down, because going down can be really difficult.
03:44The last rule is the easiest one. Just make sure there's yarn in your gun,
03:47because it does pull out a lot. And if you're not aware, you know, you'll stab the fabric a few times,
03:53causing a little bit of damage, possibly opening them some holes. So, every few stitches,
03:58just make sure it's still in there. As long as you follow those three rules,
04:01the most that'll happen, like I said, is maybe go over a line you didn't want to go over.
04:05Maybe you mix some colors you didn't want to mix.
04:06Okay.
04:07And then you could always just pull it out and go over it again, if that is the case.
04:11All right. For your first one, you're just going to go for a straight line.
04:14All right. Wherever you want.
04:15Okay.
04:16For your second one, you're going to go for a straight line, but right next to that first one.
04:21Okay.
04:21Trying to leave a little bit of space. For your third one, you're going to go for a few curves.
04:26All right.
04:29All right. I'm going to ask you to do at least an S, but you could do more if you want.
04:33Okay.
04:34And then for your fourth and final test stitch, you're going to go ahead and follow that curve
04:37line you just did, as precise as possible, trying to leave even spacing throughout the whole thing.
04:42Okay. Okay.
04:43All right. But that's the four test stitches, so now you can try it out.
04:47It's my turn. Okay.
04:50Okay.
04:52All right. So plenty of pressure. Go for a straight line.
04:55Okay.
04:59Where do I try?
04:59And then turn it on. Sorry.
05:00Oh, turn it on.
05:01I always got to turn it off for safety.
05:03Oh, okay. Okay. Ready?
05:05All right. Great job. Yeah. Now go for a line next to it using the metal marker.
05:16Okay. The line is on the metal thing.
05:18That's great. Perfect spacing.
05:22Wow. I'm perfect.
05:25Guys.
05:25Star student. All right. Now go for a few curves, at least an S.
05:29Okay. So this one stays normal. This one.
05:41Awesome. Okay.
05:42And finally, you're going to go for the pull stitch. Just take your time.
05:45Take my time. Take my time. You got this. I believe in you.
05:47Okay. All right. So plenty of pressure.
05:49Thank you for believing in me, Ruben. Yeah.
05:52I needed that. Okay.
05:58Oh, I'm not pulsing.
05:59Don't worry. You can continue pulsing. You got this.
06:02Oh, but that was really good.
06:03Yeah. Yeah, it was.
06:07Okay.
06:12Pulsing fucks me up.
06:13Yeah. Just, just try it out for the end.
06:16Once you get a hang of it, it's going to, I think it'll really help you out.
06:21And don't worry about making it perfect on this thing.
06:23You got the hang of it.
06:24Oh, no. I went over the stitching.
06:37That's okay. That's okay.
06:43All right. Yeah. That was good.
06:44Nice.
06:45Put your back in.
06:47See, I'm a good student. I listen.
06:49Yeah. You got it. Yeah.
06:50Okay.
06:51One of the best ones.
06:52I'm ready.
06:52All right.
06:53So now we'll switch out the fabric, pull out the projector.
06:56You can draw your image and then get started filling it in.
06:58Okay. Okay.
06:59I'm excited to pick my design because it will go in my new apartment.
07:05So hopefully it comes out as planned so that I can have new furniture in my house.
07:12Guys, we had to cue in the projector.
07:14We are now doing a fried egg.
07:17Look how beautiful my fried egg is.
07:19I think this is going to be really cute.
07:21And I could definitely put this in my, in my kitchen, right?
07:24Yeah. I can definitely use this in my kitchen as a cute little design.
07:30And I'm going to remember you guys every time I see it there.
07:33So let's get started.
07:34Let's start tracing this.
07:40It's a little hard to see, but we're going to try to make it happen.
07:47Oh shit. I can't see.
07:54Voila. Oh my God. That was so perfect.
08:04I'm so proud of myself.
08:05Okay.
08:07Danny, concentrate.
08:09This is a perfect circle.
08:10We're going for that perfect circle, guys.
08:17I did it.
08:19Guys, look at this fried egg.
08:20It's so perfect.
08:21Are we done now?
08:23Is this it?
08:24No, gotta fill this in now.
08:26Okay.
08:27I think I'm ready for some topping.
08:29I'm going to go ahead and pick out my colors.
08:32I'm going to do a white and obviously I think like an orangey, uh, yellow.
08:38So I'm going to go pick out my colors and get started with the fun part.
08:44Although drawing this was really fun.
08:47Okay guys.
08:48So we're going to start by putting our thread through this little needle.
08:56Tighten it there.
08:58Pull that.
08:59We are then going to get our gun and we're going to put it into this hole.
09:08There's just one hole there.
09:11Put it into there.
09:12All right.
09:13Wait, Danny.
09:13I'm taking a look.
09:15I already see one step.
09:16I already messed up already.
09:19So you want to run it through the loops and then also you don't want to put the yarn in the
09:25threader till the end.
09:26So first through the needle and the loop.
09:28Why'd you leave me alone?
09:29This is what happens.
09:30You see?
09:31So put it through the loops.
09:33Okay.
09:36I know you're ready to start.
09:37You're ready to start.
09:37I'm ready to go.
09:38I'm ready to, I'm hungry.
09:40I want some fried eggs.
09:45Yeah.
09:45Now you're ready to put your yarn inside.
09:47Oh yeah.
09:48This is very tedious.
09:49I see what you were saying at first.
09:51Especially standing.
09:52You're doing a great job because most people have to sit to do it.
09:55Oh really?
09:56Yeah.
09:58Not like most people.
10:00Now you just pull the threader down.
10:03Pull the yarn all the way through.
10:04Oh, it looks like it got stuck on your metal.
10:07Oh, how did you see that?
10:09Wow.
10:09Okay.
10:10All right.
10:10Yeah.
10:11Okay, hopefully.
10:11Put the threader back in the cup.
10:13Hopefully this never comes back out.
10:17We will keep count as how many times I'm going to have to thread this thing.
10:22So hopefully we stay under five.
10:26And there's only two colors.
10:27So I only have, I'm only giving myself two times to mess up.
10:33Okay.
10:34We're starting guys.
10:35No looking back.
10:43How am I doing?
10:50Nice.
10:50Yeah.
10:50I don't know.
10:51That was crazy.
10:51I don't know what I was worried about.
10:52You're doing great.
10:53I'm doing great.
10:54You can hear that guys.
11:03I'm doing such a good job.
11:15I'm doing such a good job.
11:29Wow.
11:30Wow.
11:30I put the perfect, perfect circle.
11:34Okay, hurry.
11:34Give it to me.
11:37All right.
11:37I think you got it.
11:38I think I did it.
11:40I'm just kidding guys.
11:41Honestly, obviously, yeah, I did cheat a little bit.
11:44But you know, I really want to like this egg because I'm going to be looking at it every
11:48day in my kitchen.
11:49So I'm going to remember Ruben.
11:51Thank you, Ruben, for your assistance.
11:55So I knew I wanted something for my apartment, but I didn't know what.
11:58And I wanted more like an abstract kind of design.
12:01So I looked some up and when we pulled them up to the cloth, it just didn't look the way I wanted it.
12:08So I did try to freehand and we all know we failed miserably.
12:13But I recovered it and we went with an egg yolk, which is still kind of like an abstract.
12:18And it looks super cute.
12:21I think it should be smooth sailing from here.
12:23We're going to go ahead and I'm thinking I'm going to start with the orange first with the
12:30yolk, the yummiest part of the egg.
12:32So let's get started.
12:34We got our yellow to start our yummy yolk.
12:38I didn't pick.
12:39They have like really nice colors for the yolk.
12:41And I know it should be like just like bright orange and whatever.
12:45But the aesthetics in my place is just not going to be like that.
12:48This just fits more of the mood.
12:50And I am going to really keep this out all the time.
12:53So this is the color I went with.
12:55It's like a very golden, vibey, like yellowish.
13:00So let's see if I remember.
13:02We're going to loop it through here.
13:07And loop it through here.
13:09And then we're going to leave that there.
13:13Then we're going to get our...
13:16We're going to go through here.
13:17We're going to stick it through the hole.
13:22Stick it through this hole.
13:26And then we're going to put our yarn.
13:31Ruben is so proud of me right now.
13:33I could just feel him looking at me.
13:37I'm going to take his job and become his next instructor.
13:40If you want to come toughing.
13:42I'm teaching.
13:49And now just a straight line, huh?
13:55Nice.
13:57No overlap.
13:58Very good.
13:59Very good.
14:10I'm going to leave here a pro tufter.
14:24So if you want a rug by me, hit me up.
14:37I don't know.
14:37If we can get a close-up of these lines,
14:40my goodness.
14:41How straight are these lines?
14:43Like not to toot my own horn, but this was me.
14:47Like you got this on camera.
14:49You guys all saw this.
14:50I did this myself.
14:52She did really good, especially with straight lines.
14:55I don't think I've seen lines that straight ever.
14:58So all in all, she did really good.
15:00Let's keep going.
15:01Let me not get carried away.
15:03Something always happens.
15:04Okay guys, I'm going to finish this yoke and I'll be right back.
15:14I know things are sailing too easy around here.
15:17Well, this is the first time it comes out.
15:20But look how far I've gotten.
15:22Let me go ahead and re-thread this.
15:24So it's already over the loops.
15:28Oh, I need this.
15:29I'm honestly becoming a pro at this.
15:38Now I don't know.
15:40Do I want to do pottery?
15:41Or do I want to do tough being at home?
15:44I don't know.
15:44I think I might just become like an arts and craft
15:46and just do all this stuff at home now.
15:48This is really fun.
15:50And it feels like a stress reliever, you know?
15:52Okay, let's continue.
15:57I'll be back.
16:10We're on to our last piece of yolk.
16:14Or this is the last piece of yolk.
16:17No, I don't think that's it.
16:18Okay.
16:19Okay guys, I think we're done with my yolk.
16:23I think I did a great job.
16:25I'm going to call Ruben over so he can inspect my work.
16:29And we can move on to the white part.
16:33So let's keep going.
16:35Let's go ahead and do the tedious work first
16:39before we get to the fun part.
16:41Threading our gun.
16:47Okay.
16:48All right, doing so good.
16:56Okay, we're ready.
16:59Turn it on.
17:01Where should I start?
17:04I think I'm going to start here in the middle.
17:15Okay, I'm coming down to my last tough thing and I'm going to have Ruben come over and
17:41let me know how I did.
17:43Okay, what do you think?
17:45Wow, this is one of the fastest rugs I've seen.
17:47Woohoo!
17:48New stitches.
17:49How are you getting them so straight?
17:51I'm good.
17:52They're so straight, right?
17:53Yeah, no, for real.
17:54Guys, I thought I was just like being nice to myself, but they're so straight.
18:00Yeah, no, I can't believe it.
18:02And so consistent too.
18:04No, this looks great.
18:07I'm an A-plus student, huh?
18:08Yeah.
18:09Yeah.
18:10All right, guys, it's time for the big reveal.
18:13You guys see the rug here?
18:16That is not the end result, guys.
18:18I don't know if you knew this, but that's flipped.
18:21And this is the actual rug, guys.
18:24The rug was being made on the other side.
18:27I don't know if you guys seen this done before, but I was pretty shocked because I'm like,
18:33why is it looking like this?
18:34Like, I don't want my rug to look like this.
18:36But on the other side, you can see it's now a nice fluffy rug.
18:41It looks so good.
18:42I am so proud of myself.
18:44High five.
18:45Best fried egg.
18:46Yes, best fried egg.
18:47You heard it here first.
18:49My favorite part of the process was seeing the end results because while you're toughing,
18:55you're not seeing like the actual product.
18:58You're not seeing the fluffiness.
18:59You're not seeing like how it's actually looking.
19:02So the most rewarding part was like when he flipped it over and I got to see
19:07the beautiful egg yolk and how everything came together.
19:10Okay, so now we have a couple of extra steps that we need to get done
19:15before we're all finished with our egg.
19:18I think we have to take the cloth off, cut it, and then you're going to put on like
19:24some clay or something in the back.
19:26And then I'm going to shave it to make it like more, you know, like aesthetically pleasing.
19:30So let's get to it.
19:33When you go to cut out your rug using the scissors,
19:36you're going to want to cut your rug about a quarter inch away from the actual yarn.
19:40Okay.
19:41This is important because if you cut too much, when it folds down,
19:43you're going to see the fabric.
19:45But also if you cut right against the yarn, then those edges will come off.
19:49So we want to leave a little bit.
19:50We don't want that.
19:51Okay.
19:51But not to the point where you could still see it.
19:54Gotcha.
19:54Right. After you cut it out, you're going to go ahead and trim the rug.
19:58Okay. I see this is going to get really messy.
20:00So I am going to wear the apron that you provided because I'm not trying to get this all over me.
20:06You know, usually when I cut things, I'm always very precise.
20:11And I always like to cut in like one thing.
20:14I know there's people that literally cut and then like make a bunch of garbage,
20:17but I don't know why every time I've cut something,
20:20I've always made it like a priority to just make it one clean cut.
20:24So let's see how good I am with this one.
20:27So cut it like where?
20:29Like here?
20:30About a quarter inch away.
20:31What I like to do so that I could cut, I like to fold it up.
20:35That way it'll kind of fold along the seams as I go.
20:40And I could see under a little bit because you do want to get a little bit under the yarn,
20:43but not so close as to where it'll fall off.
20:45Like that?
20:46Yeah, you're doing great.
20:47That's perfect.
20:48Okay, guys, I'm going to go ahead and see if I can finish this in one clean cut,
20:52and we'll be right back.
20:53Believe it or not, I have not messed up once so far in this whole project.
21:01Look at me.
21:02I did it.
21:03I cut it.
21:04Look.
21:06Look how perfect.
21:15Okay.
21:17You probably can't hear me, but I'm going to start shaving now.
21:22I'm going to start shaving now.
21:42Hi.
21:44How am I doing?
21:44Good.
21:45You're doing great.
21:47No fingers cut off.
21:48That's good.
21:49No fingers cut off.
21:51Thank God.
22:04Okay.
22:05What do you think?
22:07Yeah.
22:07I'm going to just whack them down.
22:17Okay, guys, look at our final product.
22:23My beautiful fried egg.
22:25What do you think?
22:26What do you give me?
22:27A plus.
22:28Yeah.
22:2910 out of 10.
22:2910 out of 10.
22:31Best fried egg.
22:32Best fried egg.
22:33So today, Denny didn't try.
22:35Denny?
22:35Did.
22:36Hey.
22:36Today, I made an egg yolk.
22:41And honestly, I wasn't too sure how I was going to feel about it because it looked so basic.
22:46But once I saw it done, I'm like, wow, I could really envision this in my apartment.
22:51Like, it actually looks so freaking cute.
22:54And I don't know yet if I'm going to put it as an actual rug or if I'm going to do what Ruben told me to do and put it maybe on a wall.
23:02But I think it's super cute.
23:04And I love it.
23:04And I love how the texture of it, the colors, everything came out so perfect.
23:09I'm in love.
23:10All right, guys.
23:11I had so much fun filming this with you.
23:13Let me know if you have anything else you want to see me do any arts and crafts or you want to see me try to eat anything.
23:20Anything you guys could come up with.
23:22Let me know.
23:23I'm down to try it all.
23:24So catch you guys next time.
23:26Thank you, Ruben.
23:27And if you ever want to come to something, don't forget to come to Artisan Playhouse.
23:32Bye.