I originally did it with the free hand for the mount, but I was sitting there watching it spin the other day and just transfered the loop over to my yo-yo hand to see how it looked, and liked it. Then I decided to see if I could just hit it that way to begin with. 
That MarkMont repeater is cool!! Thanks for the tip, I’ll see if I can add that version to my repertoire It looks dramatic for its hypnotic factor, but fairly simple too… always a plus for me. 8)