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It is a matter of personal preference as to whether or not you use an embroidery hoop to keep your fabric taut while stitching. I prefer not to as I find it gets in my way and yet I still produce lovely work with no lumps or bumps. Embroidery hoops come in two parts, a smaller hoop and a slightly larger one with a tension screw on one side. They can be made of wood or plastic, although plastic ones may not have a tension screw. Place the fabric you are going to embroider over the smaller hoop. Place the larger hoop over the fabric and push it onto the smaller hoop – you will find that the larger hoop is stretchy to enable you to do this. Pull the fabric taut and tighten the tension screw. The fabric is now ready to embroider.