That sounds brilliant! Blue leaf arctic willow sounds amazing, what colour are the rods?

@@BigGreenArt The pruned twigs in their raw form range from light to dark mocha brown, probably the effect of the winter cold. Otherwise, during the active growth, they would be light mocha greenish-yellow (re: their bark) . I'm speaking as a gardener and not a final willow prepped rods for weaving specialist 😉 I almost finished 3 of them yesterday, they're looking great! I plan on colorizing some of them with ink. Now, it's an experiment, because I didn't process, prep the rods properly (as I'm learning should be done), but for a bit of wetting and pre-bending of the slightly larger, more snappy twigs. They will likely change the shape a bit as they dry... It's just for fun and not precision, and they're definitely more irregular, rustic-looking. The designer-artist in me is stoked I didn't waste this precious raw material... Also, I've talked to my clients about building them a living willow branch structure, dome-shaped, in their backyard, with the thick, almost 2-metre long willow branches!

Glad it was helpful! All the best!

They'd certainly be ok for hoops, not sure they'd bend back on themselves? But worth trying if that's what you have.