the longitudinal axes of the strands passing through the disc the disc may be of any desired shape but preferably is circular to avoid sharp pointed edges which could cause injury when coming into contact with a user similarly the disc may be of any desired diameter but needs only to be of a diameter sufficient to cover the looped end where it engages about the paired strands passing therethrough fig7 shows a particularly preferred form of loop fastener for use with the invention in this embodiment the loop fastener comprises a hollow generally conical wall 6 with a slotted aperture 16 a at the apex thereof a loop 17 of a radially compressible braided or knitted cord of pet is conveniently inserted through aperture 7 from within the convergently tapering conical wall 6 for use with bath ruffles or sponges the free ends 9 of the cord may be knotted to retain the conical member captive or they could be joined together by knotting or fusion welding to form a continuous loop as shown in fig7 the looped end 7 as it wraps around paired strands 9 a under tension is partially enclosed within the hollow interior of conical member 6 to increase the locking effect of the loop fastener by enhancing the frictional engagement between the loop 17 and the paired strands 19 a the conical members 16 are conveniently and inexpensively formed by injection molding from a rigid or semi rigid plastics composition such as nylon polycarbonate polystyrene abs acrylonitrilebutadienestyrene or the like fig8 shows in partial cross section of a bath ruffle or bathing sponge 22 for personal hygiene bath ruffle or sponge 22 comprises an extruded net 23 of polyethylene or the like which.