Hand-tufted rugs have been having quite the renaissance of late. It started during Covid. My brain rot of choice during ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — In this week’s There’s Nothing to do in El Paso we featured Made By, a newly opened shop in Central El Paso that specializes in teaching the craft of rug tufting.

Often used to make rugs, tufting is a process wherein a hollow needle is used to cram thread or yarn into fabric in some kind of pattern. This can be done by hand, with a gun, or with big machines.

WeTuft offers rug tufting workshops where people make a rug ... It’s not often you find a craft that’s visually expressive and hands-on in such a satisfying way,” he adds.