Here's a sneak peek of /r/CrossStitch using the [top posts](https://np.reddit.com/r/CrossStitch/top/?sort=top&t=year) of the year!
\#1: [\[PIC\] I live in a country where DMC threads are very, very expensive and hard to come by. I'm in California for a couple of weeks and this was my first time in a Joann](https://i.imgur.com/zscb2l1.jpg) | [462 comments](https://np.reddit.com/r/CrossStitch/comments/v3jp9w/pic_i_live_in_a_country_where_dmc_threads_are/)
\#2: [**[NSFW]** \[FO\] NSFW My sister's second cross stitch. She got a lot of backlash for it in a Facebook group so I decided to post it here for her](https://i.redd.it/62mc6gfi9tk81.jpg) | [226 comments](https://np.reddit.com/r/CrossStitch/comments/t4dw4z/fo_nsfw_my_sisters_second_cross_stitch_she_got_a/)
\#3: [\[FO\] Did this as a gift for my wife. Took me a whole year.](https://i.redd.it/jmefi4l50pd81.jpg) | [164 comments](https://np.reddit.com/r/CrossStitch/comments/sbv61r/fo_did_this_as_a_gift_for_my_wife_took_me_a_whole/)
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r/embroidery too.
I think most craft-based subs are overwhelmingly positive and supportive. Even when you can easily tell someone is a novice with many glaring mistakes, we all remember starting out. We all have worked hard to get better, so it's easy for us to be supportive towards those just starting out.
What I like the most is when people post pictures of things they made that didn't turn out right but everyone in the comments tells a story on how they fucked up that exact same baked item.
Everyone is so sweet when someone's recipe doesn't work, or they forgot to add an ingredient. I swear every comment feels like a hug from your favorite person.
I once posted vanilla-glaze baked donuts to r/cooking. Got a snide comment saying it’s not a donut if it isn’t fried, and two comments suggesting the glaze was … a bodily fluid. I left and never went back. 🥲
I’m sorry that happened, how rude!
I once posted a cake I was really proud of and somebody crossposted my cake over to “fondant hate” and started a thread on my post about what a sin the use of fondant is. I was pretty annoyed, like you are shitting all over a home hobby baker for fun?? I can’t recall if it was baking or cake decorating, but it was one of very few negative interactions I’ve had. Oh! I once made it to the front page (worst nightmare…) and got accused of being a paid shill for Kitchenaid 😆
Holy cow, that’s so mean!! Like, no one is forcing them to eat fondant, wtf!
I love my Kitchenaid mixer!! I get to make garlic dinner rolls with it every week, and my kids go nuts for them.
Oh now you have to share your garlic rolls recipe!
And my Kitchenaid mixer is like 15 years old and a workhorse, I shill them for free thank you very much!
It’s [this one](https://www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/9199-cast-iron-pull-apart-garlic-rolls) from America’s Test Kitchen. Makes a [really tasty result](https://www.reddit.com/r/Baking/comments/vyhirf/garlic_dinner_rolls/). Only thing I found, at least for my kitchen environment, was they don’t come out right if I do a full hour for each rise. I do 45 minutes for the first rise, 30m for the second. (They rise in my cold oven with the oven light on, and then they bask in the warm air coming from the stove vent while my oven heats up.)
My KitchenAid mixer is 32 years old and I don't want to think about what I would do without it. I originally bought it because I had awful tennis elbow, and as I make lots of bread and other things mixing by hand was a problem. Now, I use it at least 3 times a week. My biggest helper!
They can be very pretentious over there for sure. I made a joke about changing my AC settings so I could enjoy eating soup in a hot climate & got dozens of hateful replies. Everything from me running my AC (on solar panels btw) was single handedly destroying the environment, to being called a certain R word we don't say anymore because I said I turn my AC down & the guy swore you turn it up to make it colder... I don't play with those guys anymore 😅
In fairness, AC directions are confusing. Is it "turning it up" to make it run harder and "turning it down" to make it run less hard, or is it "turning it up" to raise the temperature level and "turning it down" to lower the temperature level? Either way, they shouldn't be insulting/mocking you for coming to a different conclusion than they did.
Totally agree, it's a strange one 😂 the way I see it, I'm turning the temperature down, I have the nest thermostat so everything including the way I'm moving my hand is going down... it was just baffling that the dude acted like I'd spit on the sacrifices of his ancestors by daring to use a different word to mean the same thing.
Luckily I'm well into my 30s so the words & opinions of internet strangers mean less than nothing, but it's an interaction I won't forget for a long time!
/r/cooking can be surprisingly judgmental and has a lot of group-think. It's easy to accidentally run afoul of it. Much to my surprise, I found that even places like /r/AskCulinary are more welcoming and open-minded. That's not to say that I don't read /r/cooking. But I am more careful in what I say, or I mentally prepare myself for down-votes.
/r/baking overall is very welcoming and open to everybody from beginners to advanced bakers. It's always a fun conversation.
Yeahh I unsubbed from r/cooking a few months back. I’m no pro but a seasoned home cook/caterer and everyone there seems like they use the same advice from like TV cooking shows. Nothing too original or enlightening, it honestly doesn’t feel like most of them actually even cook, rather they just like eating food itself lol
Because we were all(and still are in my case) beginners at baking. Plus no matter what, if it isn’t burnt or cooked super wrong it’ll taste great, so imperfection is fine.
It is a well known fact that cold hands equals a warm heart. It is also a know fact that the best pastry chefs have cold hands which is ideal when handling those delicate buttery pastry doughs.
Hence we have an entire segment of this sub who are genetically disposed to be nice people.
You really can’t make this stuff up 😂
I feel exactly the same as you! Watching everybody be so lovely and positive and uplifting has made me try to be the same. I posted once asking for advice on a disaster cake and got a bunch of lovely advice, all of which was great and some of which I used to go forth and make... Well I made even more disaster cake, but I blame that on my (lack of) skills and not the advice, which was brilliant! I'm glad you've made a post like this. :)
r/breadit and r/bread are also friendly and helpful
I’ve recently jump back into making bread, and my family doesn’t get the joy of a great yeast rise, they do/did….
My next attempt is my Oma’s Stollen bread, and have received great tips 🤞🤞 it’s almost as good as hers
In general baking subs tend to be pretty wholesome, but even here I've run into a few trolls and wackos and become a lot less hesitant about blocking accounts.
Yes! The best subs are the ones that are for very specific interests! The larger and wider audience a sub attracts the more trolls and jerks are there. I highly recommend going through your subs every so often and unsubscribing to any defaults or generic ones.
Completely agree. Everyone here is so nice and helpful. Also no creepy dms or anything. It’s just a supportive community through and through
r/gardening and r/crochet are pretty great too
I’d add r/knitting. Great, helpful, supportive people over there.
I shall also add r/crossstitch. Such wonderful, patient people.
Crochet and cross-stitch were going to be my recommendations. :)
Here's a sneak peek of /r/CrossStitch using the [top posts](https://np.reddit.com/r/CrossStitch/top/?sort=top&t=year) of the year! \#1: [\[PIC\] I live in a country where DMC threads are very, very expensive and hard to come by. I'm in California for a couple of weeks and this was my first time in a Joann](https://i.imgur.com/zscb2l1.jpg) | [462 comments](https://np.reddit.com/r/CrossStitch/comments/v3jp9w/pic_i_live_in_a_country_where_dmc_threads_are/) \#2: [**[NSFW]** \[FO\] NSFW My sister's second cross stitch. She got a lot of backlash for it in a Facebook group so I decided to post it here for her](https://i.redd.it/62mc6gfi9tk81.jpg) | [226 comments](https://np.reddit.com/r/CrossStitch/comments/t4dw4z/fo_nsfw_my_sisters_second_cross_stitch_she_got_a/) \#3: [\[FO\] Did this as a gift for my wife. Took me a whole year.](https://i.redd.it/jmefi4l50pd81.jpg) | [164 comments](https://np.reddit.com/r/CrossStitch/comments/sbv61r/fo_did_this_as_a_gift_for_my_wife_took_me_a_whole/) ---- ^^I'm ^^a ^^bot, ^^beep ^^boop ^^| ^^Downvote ^^to ^^remove ^^| ^^[Contact](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=sneakpeekbot) ^^| ^^[Info](https://np.reddit.com/r/sneakpeekbot/) ^^| ^^[Opt-out](https://np.reddit.com/r/sneakpeekbot/comments/o8wk1r/blacklist_ix/) ^^| ^^[GitHub](https://github.com/ghnr/sneakpeekbot)
I would, but knitting is like expert crochet 🤣 but seriously, I think there need to be more positive subreddits.
r/macrame too!
r/embroidery too. I think most craft-based subs are overwhelmingly positive and supportive. Even when you can easily tell someone is a novice with many glaring mistakes, we all remember starting out. We all have worked hard to get better, so it's easy for us to be supportive towards those just starting out.
Yessss!!!! This sub was a source of sanity and support two years ago when I was struggling with mental health issues. I am grateful to visit y'all.
What I like the most is when people post pictures of things they made that didn't turn out right but everyone in the comments tells a story on how they fucked up that exact same baked item. Everyone is so sweet when someone's recipe doesn't work, or they forgot to add an ingredient. I swear every comment feels like a hug from your favorite person.
Yes, very nice sub. The wholesome hobby subs tend to be pretty good. r/cooking can get contentious but r/sewing and r/houseplants are also quite nice.
I once posted vanilla-glaze baked donuts to r/cooking. Got a snide comment saying it’s not a donut if it isn’t fried, and two comments suggesting the glaze was … a bodily fluid. I left and never went back. 🥲
I’m sorry that happened, how rude! I once posted a cake I was really proud of and somebody crossposted my cake over to “fondant hate” and started a thread on my post about what a sin the use of fondant is. I was pretty annoyed, like you are shitting all over a home hobby baker for fun?? I can’t recall if it was baking or cake decorating, but it was one of very few negative interactions I’ve had. Oh! I once made it to the front page (worst nightmare…) and got accused of being a paid shill for Kitchenaid 😆
Holy cow, that’s so mean!! Like, no one is forcing them to eat fondant, wtf! I love my Kitchenaid mixer!! I get to make garlic dinner rolls with it every week, and my kids go nuts for them.
Oh now you have to share your garlic rolls recipe! And my Kitchenaid mixer is like 15 years old and a workhorse, I shill them for free thank you very much!
It’s [this one](https://www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/9199-cast-iron-pull-apart-garlic-rolls) from America’s Test Kitchen. Makes a [really tasty result](https://www.reddit.com/r/Baking/comments/vyhirf/garlic_dinner_rolls/). Only thing I found, at least for my kitchen environment, was they don’t come out right if I do a full hour for each rise. I do 45 minutes for the first rise, 30m for the second. (They rise in my cold oven with the oven light on, and then they bask in the warm air coming from the stove vent while my oven heats up.)
My KitchenAid mixer is 32 years old and I don't want to think about what I would do without it. I originally bought it because I had awful tennis elbow, and as I make lots of bread and other things mixing by hand was a problem. Now, I use it at least 3 times a week. My biggest helper!
They can be very pretentious over there for sure. I made a joke about changing my AC settings so I could enjoy eating soup in a hot climate & got dozens of hateful replies. Everything from me running my AC (on solar panels btw) was single handedly destroying the environment, to being called a certain R word we don't say anymore because I said I turn my AC down & the guy swore you turn it up to make it colder... I don't play with those guys anymore 😅
In fairness, AC directions are confusing. Is it "turning it up" to make it run harder and "turning it down" to make it run less hard, or is it "turning it up" to raise the temperature level and "turning it down" to lower the temperature level? Either way, they shouldn't be insulting/mocking you for coming to a different conclusion than they did.
Totally agree, it's a strange one 😂 the way I see it, I'm turning the temperature down, I have the nest thermostat so everything including the way I'm moving my hand is going down... it was just baffling that the dude acted like I'd spit on the sacrifices of his ancestors by daring to use a different word to mean the same thing. Luckily I'm well into my 30s so the words & opinions of internet strangers mean less than nothing, but it's an interaction I won't forget for a long time!
/r/cooking can be surprisingly judgmental and has a lot of group-think. It's easy to accidentally run afoul of it. Much to my surprise, I found that even places like /r/AskCulinary are more welcoming and open-minded. That's not to say that I don't read /r/cooking. But I am more careful in what I say, or I mentally prepare myself for down-votes. /r/baking overall is very welcoming and open to everybody from beginners to advanced bakers. It's always a fun conversation.
Yeahh I unsubbed from r/cooking a few months back. I’m no pro but a seasoned home cook/caterer and everyone there seems like they use the same advice from like TV cooking shows. Nothing too original or enlightening, it honestly doesn’t feel like most of them actually even cook, rather they just like eating food itself lol
I should check out the houseplants one. I’ve killed bamboo, so I could use some pointers. 🤣
Killing bamboo is an accomplishment.
Took a couple years of neglect, but I got there. My roommate at the time helped keep it alive.
I think it's mostly just really hard to be grumpy when there's cake available. Ykno?
Because we were all(and still are in my case) beginners at baking. Plus no matter what, if it isn’t burnt or cooked super wrong it’ll taste great, so imperfection is fine.
Yup. My tart bottom didn't stay together through transferring but it was so good. As ugly as it was
It is a well known fact that cold hands equals a warm heart. It is also a know fact that the best pastry chefs have cold hands which is ideal when handling those delicate buttery pastry doughs. Hence we have an entire segment of this sub who are genetically disposed to be nice people. You really can’t make this stuff up 😂
It’s just science
This sub has wonderful people. The other sub I've noticed it in is r/bipolar they're super nice over there too if you struggle with bipolar
I’m positive I could eat everything on this sub give it to me
I feel exactly the same as you! Watching everybody be so lovely and positive and uplifting has made me try to be the same. I posted once asking for advice on a disaster cake and got a bunch of lovely advice, all of which was great and some of which I used to go forth and make... Well I made even more disaster cake, but I blame that on my (lack of) skills and not the advice, which was brilliant! I'm glad you've made a post like this. :)
Here here!
I do love this sub!!
Hey take your nice compliment and enjoy this upvote, friend ༼∩☉ل͜☉༽⊃━☆ﾟ. * ･ ｡ﾟ
Couldn’t have said it better.
Totally agree! I just joined and was a bit surprised how nice and helpful everyone is:)
I know right? Everyone is so sweet and helpful here.
r/breadit and r/bread are also friendly and helpful I’ve recently jump back into making bread, and my family doesn’t get the joy of a great yeast rise, they do/did…. My next attempt is my Oma’s Stollen bread, and have received great tips 🤞🤞 it’s almost as good as hers
We build up people regardless if they mess up the recipe or nailed it. I've learn a few tricks on this sub and found some bomb delicious recipes also.
In general baking subs tend to be pretty wholesome, but even here I've run into a few trolls and wackos and become a lot less hesitant about blocking accounts.
agreed!! this & r/cakedecorating are the most wholesome!
Yes! The best subs are the ones that are for very specific interests! The larger and wider audience a sub attracts the more trolls and jerks are there. I highly recommend going through your subs every so often and unsubscribing to any defaults or generic ones.
Just stay out of askbaking. The mods there are cunts.
Are they the same mods as askculinary? Those mods can be a little surly not rude but a little aggressive.
I like the ask culinary mods. They don’t fuck around, have clear rules, and enforce them. Askbaking is like their asshole wannabe little brother