is a wooden or tin hoop or ring used for baking cakes or pastry. Those made of tin often came apart, as they do today, being joined together by a hinge and removable pin.
a ring, tied onto a stick with a string
A large pair of wooden rings sized so that one fits inside the other, which is sometimes used instead of a frame to keep the layers of a quilt taut and even during the quilting process. A hoop is more portable than a quilt frame. It is similar to an embroidery hoop, although larger.
Used to hold taut the garment that will be embroidered.
Device made from wood, plastic or steel with which fabric is gripped tightly between an inner ring and an outer ring and attached to the machines pantograph. Machine hoops are designed to push the fabric to the bottom of the inner ring and hold it against the machine bed for embroidering.
Wood, plastic or steel device used to tightly grip the fabric and stabilizer between an inner and outer ring. Attaches to machine's frame. Designed to hold fabric taut against the machine bed for embroidery.
A deep ring used as a mold for large cakes, first made of wood then iron.
A device made from wood, plastic, or steel with which fabric is held in place for machine embroidering. A frame that attaches to the embroidery unit to hold the fabric taut while stitching.
The process of placing the fabric and/or stabilizer into the embroidery hoop.