World hoop day!

Happy (late) World Hoop Day!!! 

In honor of world hoop day (which was yesterday) I made a "dream catcher" hoop and I have put up a new video...

You can watch my hooping around Evora, Portugal video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twM6HdwZL6E

I hooped it up at Gas Works park in celebration after I finished making the "Dream Catcher."

Before I tell you how it's done I want to mention that you can purchase a really nice fully collapse-able "Dream Weaver" hoop here:

  http://dreamweaverhoops.bigcartel.com/

My hoop is a very simplistic version of this type of hoop that will not hold up as well as the one's you can purchase, but it is pretty :).

If you want to make one you will need:

One small hoop (I made one roughly 30" in diameter), one very large hoop (I used one roughly 42" in diameter), yarn, and scissors.

If you do not know how to make a hula hoop, you can visit this tutorial:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBreLABeqlI

I used 1/2" tubing for this and I recommend sticking with that size for this project. If you are a beginner, you might want to wait to make something like this because the inside hoop will need to be much smaller than a beginner sized hoop.

I used the thicker yarn to start with four ties to keep the little hoop in the center.

 Then I wrapped the other colors around and tied them off. As you can see I added more of the thicker yarn as well, mostly because I had it. Later, I added some gaff tape to the inside of the smaller one for extra grip. I am also considering adding tape to the outside of the big hoop just to help keep the yarn in place a little longer.

I had fun playing with my new hoop and I love how colorful it is.

Until next time,

Thanks for reading!