placed over inner hoop 50 over center tensioner 22 is rotated until it is in a latched position to securely hold the fabric placed over inner hoop 50 retaining rod 26 is adjustable within tensioning rod retainer 24 thereby providing an adjustable amount of tension on split hoop 12 now additionally referring to fig6 there is illustrated another embodiment of the present invention in the form of a craft hoop clamping kit 110 shown with a conventional craft hoop a conventional craft hoop includes outer split hoop 112 protrusion 122 protrusion 124 and a bolt with wing nut 126 protrusions 122 and 124 are respectively connected to an end of split hoop 112 and bolt wing nut 126 is disposed therethrough the combination thereby accommodating the tensioning of split hoop 112 craft hoop clamping kit 110 which is substantially similar to over center clamp mechanism 14 is installed by first removing winged bolt 126 from protrusions 122 and 124 retaining rod 26 is unscrewed from tensioning rod retainer 24 tensioning rod 26 is then routed through protrusions 122 and 124 where bolt 126 had been and tensioning rod 26 is then re threaded into tensioning rod retainer 24 retaining block 118 and recessed block 120 are shortened versions of retaining block 18 and recessed block 20 of the previous embodiment the surface of recess block 120 that bears upon protrusion 124 is slidingly engaged to allow tensioner 22 to operate in a camming type manner while this invention has been described as having a preferred design the present invention can be further modified within the spirit and scope of this disclosure this application is therefore intended to cover any.