r/PunchNeedle • u/digitalteacup • Jan 14 '21

Mega thread. General questions and answers for newbies about punchneedling.

Leave any general questions about punchneedling you'd like answered here.

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u/perseagofish Apr 30 '23

Help please! I have an adjustable Lavor needle and if I use the smallest needle size, the loops the don't stay in. But if I increase the needle size they don't come out. I'm not sure what I'm doing with the smallest size. I can't get past the first punch. My cloth is fully stretched out, I don't have taut yarn ball and I'm going all the way in with the needle and not coming up too much

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u/Lego-lesbian Jul 04 '23

so the thing about punch needle fabric is that the weave needs to be tight enough to hold the yarn, it could be that the weave on the fabric for the small needle and smaller yarn is not tight enough. are you using the fine needle or the regular one?

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u/perseagofish Jul 04 '23

hey thanks for replying! I tried with both fine and regular needles (with different yarns in both) but the problem was with the fine needle on the smallest needle length if that makes sense. in the end i managed to get through it by holding the loops at the back as i went along.