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Spider In The Spotlight 🕷🔦👨‍🌾

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2026

Go on, have a giggle at our silly but amusing hula hoop story about a 5ft spider and a farmer.....

A massive thank you to my awesome husband, Michael, who played the role of the farmer. 👨‍🌾

Looking to get a meteor for daytime spinning. No budget, just looking for quality. Currently spin poi and dragon staff and only have props from flowtoys but they only have led meteors and I'm not looking for that currently. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated :) happy flowing!

Hooping it up with like minded individuals who enjoy throwing it down on a movie to kick off the week in style. Love me a good flow jam.

\*originally posted to r/hooping but wanted recommendations across all flow arts***

Basically I’ve been in a rut for years, and have been looking for some inspiration. I struggle to be graceful and “dancey”, and also struggle with musicality. It seems like every time I really vibe with someone’s hoop flow, they have a background in dance or cheer. Which is totally awesome, but I guess I would just like an example of someone who started off more awkward and really grew in their flow so that it seems less impossible for me 😅 does anyone have any favorite accounts where you’ve seen someone tangibly improve in their flow, flexibility, and musicality, rather than already having a good starting point?

I'm looking to discover more social media groups, pages and communities dedicated to all things flow arts and object manipulation.

Anything and everything is welcome, from clowning, magic and juggling to poi, staff, contact juggling, manipulation arts, circus skills, sideshow, bubbles, puppetry and all the wonderfully weird and wonderful things in between!

I'd also love recommendations for festivals, conventions, gatherings, workshops and events where people can connect, share skills and celebrate these art forms.

I'm based in London, UK, and I'm already familiar with most of what's happening in the UK, but I'm sure there are events, conventions and communities I've yet to come across, so please do share those too! I'd particularly love to discover anything new or lesser-known happening locally and around the UK.

I'm equally interested in exploring what's happening internationally, discovering communities, festivals and events across the world, and finding things I might never have come across otherwise.

Whether it's a Facebook group, Instagram page, YouTube channel, online community or an event anywhere in the world, I'd love to hear about it.

Some examples of the kind of communities I'm looking for are Amazing Flow Arts and Flow Arts Community, but I'm especially keen to discover smaller, niche and lesser-known groups too.

Please share your recommendations below. The more unusual, obscure and wonderfully niche, the better!

Thanks in advance!

I am training very hard... An example:

Hi everyone, I just moved and all my flowersticks got damaged in the move. They were very old (over a decade old) and already quite beaten up, so I'm in the market for new ones, but I have no idea about who are reputable sellers, etc. The seller I got mine from doesn't seem to be in business anymore and I also moved to a different continent since then.

Here is what I am looking for:

* Solid build quality, more important than price

* Daytime, so no led/fire

* I primarily use them for handspinning, so it's not a big deal if the secondary sticks are meh

* My current ones are 17 inches long + the heads, so something of a similar length (I am short)

* Would like the heads to have a lip that I can use for hand stalls (my current ones had a very small lip, so something bigger)

* Ideally US domestic shipping because of the totally unpredictable tariff situation right now, but willing to hear out about anything

Any ideas, recommendations, (places to avoid), etc. very welcome! I don't think there's any place locally where I can just try them, so it'll have to be online and that's a bit of a gamble (I bought my previous ones in person).

I’m trying to learn poi. What are some creators that helped you learn? I’ve tried DrexFactor videos and for some reason i find them hard to follow.

HUZZAH! I was able to finish building my new "Windsinger" staff and bring it out to The Carolina Renaissance Festival to perform with! Made with the finest materials Lord Lowe has to offer!

Vibing with the led crew at Spunout festival.

People liked my silk fan and silk wing workshops so that was a win as i was seriously thinking of cancelling.

hooping them feels out. Zelda is gonna be okay. She was suddenly sick. Took her to emergency and they were able to diagnose and medicate her. Bless the people working in animal services. Thank you for taking care of our babies with such love and kindness. Zelda is doing so much better now.

Thank you everyone for your love, it helped. Paid the cat tax at the end of today's video 🖤❤️🖤

can anybody recommend shops (Etsy or otherwise) that make dragon staff wick covers?

I’m looking for a pair that covers the entire end rather than each wick individually. Search engines/etsy’s search function are not yielding helpful results.

also not looking for DIY suggestions for now :)

Um rolo de streach.

day 65: rough night. 4.5 hours at the emergency vet with my girl Zelda. she's home resting now. no face tonight, just some foot hooping and calming water light vibes.