Lynn over at Knitknacks went to dance camp and came home a hooper. She writes, "I spent this past weekend at my favorite dance camp, and I came home with a new pastime to help me whittle away at the waistline. ... I tried the hoops at Curves a while back, and it was depressing that I couldn’t do it at all anymore. But this weekend I participated in a workshop called Hoopercize, and Karen, the instructor, said just the right words, and I was hooping right along. It helps too that the hoops Karen manufactures are soft and lightweight. Perfect for me. Of course, an hour spent in vigorous abdominal exercise, after a winter spent in vigorous couch time, resulted in several days of deeply buried muscles protesting that kind of playtime. But today I put on some music and hooped my way through a few songs. Exercise that’s fun….I need this." Knitknacks