the pieces will actually be 1/2 that when you loop them over the hoop. fold the yarn in half and lay it over the top of the hoop.
put your fingers through the loop on the inside of the hoop and pull the yarn under the hoop and through the center of the loop as shown.
pull the yarn back to the outside of the hoop so it looks like the photo below, then place them close together. i cut 10 pieces of the gray yarn. add them all on in the same way.
then cut and add 10 pieces of green yarn to the hoop. place 5 pieces of green yarn on 