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A place to learn about Everything in Hook and Loop!™
A place to learn about Everything in Hook and Loop!™
3 min read • Updated On: Nov 22, 2023

Shipping Options

At HookandLoop.com, our shipping options include all of the large mail carriers including UPS, USPS, and FedEx. We also schedule freight pickups, ship on customer accounts and ship via DHL. Our preferred carrier is FedEx due to their timely delivery and reliable pickups, but we will ship via any method our customers prefer.

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Stephen Ira • April 5, 2017

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3 min read • Updated On: Nov 22, 2023

Quick Sample Straps

With so many strap styles and options available, we get a ton of requests for sample straps so customers can be confident in their purchase. One way we do this is with our quick sample straps option. A quick sample is a sampling of 4 custom straps made to order for $20.00. The $20.00 charge includes shipping.

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Stephen Ira • March 21, 2017

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3 min read • Updated On: Jun 21, 2024

Wide Loop Products

Wide loop products are the soft fuzzy side of hook and loop fasteners that are woven in large sheets. Wide loop is most often used in tradeshows on display panels and on pedal boards and shadow boxes and a variety of other similar applications. We carry a variety of styles and widths in multiple brands.

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Stephen Ira • March 8, 2017

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3 min read • Updated On: Jun 21, 2024

Wide Hook Options

We often get phone calls and emails from customers asking if we offer any wide hook options to go along with the wide loop products we sell. The fact of the matter is that sheets of wide hook just aren’t manufactured because there isn’t the demand to justify the cost of manufacturing such a product. However, there are some options that can solve most needs for a wide hook fastener.

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Stephen Ira • February 23, 2017

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3 min read • Updated On: Sep 24, 2025

How Hook and Loop Has Flipped the Script on Biomimicry

Biomimicry is when science copies nature to design new products. That may be too blunt. It's more like using nature to inspire new ideas and re-purpose natural attributes to create solutions. For instance, George de Mestral created VELCRO® Brand hook and loop fasteners after mimicking his design after the cockle burr. The burrs got caught in his dog's fur during a hike.

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Stephen Ira • August 24, 2016

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3 min read • Updated On: Feb 9, 2025

Unknown Facts About VELCRO ® Brand Products

There is a misconception about what the VELCRO ® brand is exactly. Is it the name of the company or the product? Did NASA invent VELCRO ® brand hook and loop? Where did such a remarkable product come from? There are a lot of different questions that pop up when it comes to this clever and ingenious material. Here's a little bit on the history of the VELCRO® Brand, as well as a few VELCRO® Brand facts you may not have known about the hook and loop product.

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Stephen Ira • August 10, 2016

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3 min read • Updated On: Nov 22, 2023

Top Movies That Used Hook and Loop

Many people around the world use hook and loop for just about anything, including Hollywood. There are plenty of hook and loop uses to secure things in place without being seen, a trait that producers find very useful. Here's a collection of scenes where hook and loop was as much a star as the actors themselves.

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Stephen Ira • July 27, 2016

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3 min read • Updated On: Nov 22, 2023

TV Props Made from Hook and Loop

In 1955, Swiss engineer George de Mestral patented the hook and loop fastener which came to be known as VELCRO®, or hook and loop fasteners. During the Apollo program, NASA saw this fastener as a way to secure a number of items in zero gravity conditions. It became an integral addition to the moon flights and helped to fasten the astronauts’ space boots and gloves. Is it any wonder that it would go on to be employed to construct props for TV sci-fi shows?

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Stephen Ira • July 13, 2016

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3 min read • Updated On: Feb 9, 2025

Hook and Loop in the World of Textiles

Everyone knows the brand VELCRO® but not many people can tell you what it is. VELCRO® is a brand of hook and loop fasteners manufactured by the Velcro companies. Hook and loop is a textile. So what is a textile? A textile is a material made of interlacing fibers. It's a broad term that includes fabrics and cloths and any variety of natural or artificial fibers such as cotton, silk, nylon and polyester. Now that we know what a textile is, how does a textile get made?

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Stephen Ira • June 22, 2016

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3 min read • Updated On: Sep 10, 2021

Teach Your Children with Hook and Loop Lessons

Hook and loop is a great teaching tool because it can be used with kids of all ages to give them a better time in the classroom. You do not want to do all the same games that you're used to doing, but you can keep doing new and interesting projects with kids that are going to be fun for them. You can try a few new games and activities, and all of them use the hook and loop that you already have on hand.
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Stephen Ira • June 8, 2016

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