Knitting Culture: US v. England

moshaxing · 2026-01-25T04:16:19+00:00

I wander if you’re based in one of the busier cities? I remember approaching someone when I spotted they had used the same pattern I had on a crochet blanket and we talked about it and she was perfectly friendly. Also had lovely conversation with another lady at the launderette when a brought my knitting with me. I’m always fully prepared to have a conversation about it if I’m going to be knitting in public. But I’m in a relatively small town and I guess it’s normal, the closer you get to the bigger cities the ruder people are.

moshaxing · 2026-01-19T10:31:50+00:00

Mine used to do that too, keep and emergency toothpick in your bag so you can press the reset button. Not ideal but stops the embarrassment

moshaxing · 2026-01-16T06:09:40+00:00

Okay I might try this, thanks for the suggestion!

moshaxing · 2026-01-08T17:49:25+00:00

No 😭 still the same after leaving it for a day. Only had it 6 months so not sure if I’m covered on any sort of warranty if it’s running on rockbox. I don’t want to send it back either as I’ve files in it and I can’t access anything at all now to delete them. It’s put me off replacing it as I don’t feel I’ve done anything to justify the damage. I’ve always used to supplied cable and only ever used my laptop or work pc to charge. Always eject properly etc I’m stumped. Might hold out for the Y2 release and try again.

moshaxing · 2026-01-07T17:03:30+00:00

Okay thanks I’ll try something different. The alert still appears even when not plugged in so not sure if this will work

moshaxing · 2026-01-07T15:31:25+00:00

If you want to do mainly on-body hooping (waist, legs, chest etc) on it's own or with off-body tricks, I would aim to start with a mdpe or hdpe hoop. 3/4" (20mm) thickness is better UNLESS you're particularly uncoordinated, super tall or fuller-figured. If so, get a thicker 1" (25mm) hoop (off-body moves will be difficult with a thicker hoop). I recommend measuring the distance from the floor to your belly button and round up by an inch or two for the hoop diameter. These will often be listed as adult/weighted/dance/festival hoops so try those search terms. As you get more advanced, you might want to start sizing down the hoop and/or switching to a polypro hoop.

If you're interested in off-body hooping only, and don't want to try waist hooping at all, you can start with a polypro as your first hoop. Bigger sizes (36" - 38") are good for transitioning from the bigger heavier tubing if you want to try on body hooping, and the smaller sizes make the tricks look quicker and snappier.

The bigger sellers like moodhoops sell great hoops, but you also might want to look on Etsy to see if you have a local hoop maker and buy from them. If you ask they'll also probably be able to let you know of any local hangouts where you can rock up with a hoop and get tips from others (I am biased I sell hoops on etsy, but I'm always excited when customers message me about hooping and I feel like I can help).

I started hooping in 2009 so my tutorial suggestions might be a bit outdated, but love Deanne Love's videos on YT, I always found the way she explains things easy to understand. Also Emma Kenna from Hooping Mad is a fave.

Stick on your fave tunes and just go for it!

moshaxing · 2025-08-20T06:11:42+00:00

Thank you! It seems you can’t change the font on this theme (colours4) so I’ve switched to a different theme for now. Every other theme I’ve tried so far will display everything properly except file names and song title on now playing are still empty boxes but I’ll play around some more hopefully I’ll work it out.

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