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Make your own rugs with a complete studio setup: the purple AK-V, tufting and backing materials, five scissors, and the hand tools for preparing, shaping and caring for your work. Choose your frame, carver and yarn, then start with a guide built around your kit.
What’s inside
The Premium core includes materials and hand tools for more of the finishing process. A frame, electric carver, compatible guide and yarn bundle are included only when you select those options.
Explore the included equipment below, then choose the extras for your setup.
01 / 06 · Purple AK-V tufting gun · Included in the core kit
Your powered needle draws with yarn, one line at a time. The AK-V has adjustable speed, an LED needle light and a brushless motor.
Start with cut pile and learn the gun’s movement before trying the manual loop-pile conversion. The companion guide links to the model lessons.
The cloth you tuft into. Stretch it evenly over the frame so the tufting gun has a firm surface to work against.
Keep the cloth tight and practise a few lines before beginning your design. The guide shows cloth tension, threading and pressure.
The backing finishes the underside of your rug after the yarn-sealing adhesive has cured. Cut it to suit your finished design and attach it using an adhesive suitable for the materials.
Backing is included; the adhesive is arranged separately. Check the supplied cut in your order before planning your rug size.
Binding protects the vulnerable rug edges and gives the underside a neat finish. Work around the outline of your rug after securing the backing.
Your guide explains backing and binding as separate finishing stages. Arrange the appropriate adhesive for your chosen method.
Curved-tip and bent-tip scissors help refine small edges and details. Small and large duckbill scissors help with surface trimming; 8-inch fabric scissors are for cutting cloth and backing.
Your guide explains where each pair fits in the process. Practise on a sample before cutting into the finished rug.
In your getting-started guide: scissors descriptions and both tutorial sections.
Watch Carolyn explain duckbill and curved-tip scissors · 9:58, or use scissors in the Cotton Blend lesson · 24:48.
Short demonstrations: curved-tip · bent-tip · duckbill · fabric scissors.
A yarn winder, sustainable lint remover, tweezer set, tufting-gun cleaning brush and three threaders are included.
Prepare loose yarn with the winder, remove stray fibres with the tweezers, tidy the finished surface with the lint remover and brush loose fibres from the unplugged machine. Follow the machine’s care instructions.
Watch the yarn winder in your getting-started guide →
See the lint-remover example in your getting-started guide →
Make it yours
The core tools are included. Your frame, powered carver, compatible guide and yarn depend on the options you select.
01 / Your space
Wooden · a setup that stays ready.
The 90 cm tabletop frame holds your cloth firmly while you work. It needs a stable surface and secure clamps.
Already have a frame?
Choose No Frame and use a suitable existing or DIY setup. Measure the usable working area before planning your rug.
Aluminium is also offered in Canada.
It is easier to dismantle and reassemble. Choose the frame offered in your shop that suits your workspace.
02 / Your colours
Matte acrylic · structure for shaping.
Use two strands and follow the acrylic beginner lesson.
Cotton Blend · colour and value.
Use one strand and follow the Cotton Blend lesson for spacing and pressure. Estimate the quantity of each colour for your design.
Choose six 200 g Cotton Blend cones, twelve 250 g matte acrylic cones (six colours, two of each), or No Yarn Bundle.
Open the matching beginner yarn lessons →
Choose your yarn ↑03 / Your finishing tools
Rosewood, Heavy Duty or Wireless.
Choose from the carver options recorded for your shop, or choose No Carver.
A compatible guide is added only with the option that specifically includes it. The guide lessons follow the equipment you actually selected.
See the finishing lessons for your tools →
Choose your carver ↑Choose shears alone or Rosewood + Easy Clip. The guide is included with the Easy Clip option.
Choose the machine alone or Heavy Duty + Guide. Use the matching guide for this model.
Choose the cordless carver alone or Wireless + Easy Clip. No Carver is available too.
Before you start
Primary cloth, non-slip backing and binding are included. Arrange the adhesives for your chosen finish, and fill any gaps left by your selected options.
Use a purpose-made latex rug adhesive to secure the yarn in the tufting cloth. Follow its curing and ventilation instructions.
Read the sealing lesson →Arrange suitable adhesives for your secondary backing and binding. Your backing and binding materials come with the core kit.
Read the backing and binding lesson →Beginners in EFFY workshops
A circular logo, a striped rug and a character brought to life. See the process and finished results. Some workshop clips show earlier tools; follow the model instructions for the equipment in your own kit.
Follow a circular logo from tracing onto the cloth through tufting, carving and the finished reveal.
Video: @badink_design
See a beginner build up blue stripes, shape the surface and finish the edges before revealing the rug.
A quick look at tufting a yellow character, followed by the proud moment of holding up the finished rug.
The lessons are ready when you are
The Premium companion guide covers the first-rug foundations, then expands into your selected frame and carver, the included hand tools, backing and binding.
Open a stage to go straight to the lesson, or start with the kit check and work through the full guide.
Your idea · Your colours
Start with your own simple design. Measure the usable area inside your frame, choose a comfortable first-rug size, and plan your EFFY Cotton Blend colours before you begin.
For an EFFY 90 × 90 cm frame, start with the recommended 80 × 80 cm design space. Measure your own usable area and allow room for practice and finishing edges.
For EFFY Cotton Blend, plan how much of each colour your design may need. Check the amount of each colour in your order; a Cotton Blend bundle is an optional kit choice.
Treat yarn quantities as estimates. Your pile height, line spacing and tufting density affect how much yarn you use.
Makers at work
Watch makers use the AK-V included in your kit to create their own designs. These clips show the earlier blue AK-V; creator credits are linked with each demonstration.
Watch @artsymadwoman tuft a floral design with the AK-V, then see the finished rug from the front, with its fluffy cut-pile surface and carved detail.
These selected moments show the tufting and the finished result from the same project.
Watch the AK-V follow a character design and build up areas of colour, ending with a view of the stitched back of the rug.
Video: @dekurugs
See lettering transferred onto the cloth, then the AK-V working along the drawn design.
Video: @milky_moon__
Before your first rug
They share the AK-V and first-rug foundations, but the Premium has its own finishing-tool collection and more choices of carver. Use the inclusion list and your selected options on this page rather than assuming the contents of another kit.
Yes, No Carver is a selectable option. The Premium includes hand scissors and finishing tools. Work slowly, practise with the tools you have and use only the relevant carving lessons in your companion guide.
Adhesives are separate. Arrange yarn and a suitable frame if you choose the options without them. Check your order before starting, including the materials needed for your chosen backing and binding method.
Yes. Begin with a small design and a practice area. The separate Premium getting-started guide takes you through your kit check, design, frame, cloth, threading, tufting and finishing.
A sturdy work surface where the frame can be securely clamped. Leave room to work comfortably and check both sides of your rug. Allow a separate area for trimming and finishing, and follow your adhesive’s ventilation instructions.
The AK-V arrives set for cut pile. It can also make loop pile through manual conversion. Start with cut pile while you learn, then follow the model-specific conversion instructions linked from your guide.
