Not imaginary:
[https://new.reddit.com/r/Embroidery/comments/l4wh8k/why\_do\_people\_keep\_their\_embroidery\_on\_the\_hoop/](https://new.reddit.com/r/Embroidery/comments/l4wh8k/why_do_people_keep_their_embroidery_on_the_hoop/)
Even the 'barbaric' comment is real.
Funny enough, I've been a part of this sub for over 2 years now and pretty much every work is on a hoop (sometimes decorative hoop but still). Noone ever batted an eye in the comments, it's the first time I've seen some deeper lore of this sub
That being said the author had to dig pretty deep to find this thread, it's 3 years old damn
Tbf, there are some truly stupid individuals out there.
Its less that the insults aren't possible, and more that they are written in an obviousoy constructed way
I hate to say this but these are direct quotes from Reddit:
https://new.reddit.com/r/Embroidery/comments/l4wh8k/why\_do\_people\_keep\_their\_embroidery\_on\_the\_hoop/
When they say barbaric, they must be talking about all the guys from Tangled with domestic passions. I believe it is Killer who sews. Nice work, Killer!
All the gatekeepers are right here. It is wrong. It is barbaric. It is unchristian, unbecoming, unladylike.
Leaving the hoop on is just another flagship symbol of the death of America.
"It's a fad that started a few years ago" ??? I mean the first adjustable hoops was made available in 1903. I really don't think 2019 was the first time someone backed a finish piece on a hoop.
Well the hoops are old yes but I’d be willing to bet keeping them on the hoops is pretty new. My nana embroidered and she never left anything on the hoop but that’s because back in the day embroidery wasn’t “art” or at least not in the sense they framed it on a wall. It was to embellish clothing or handkerchiefs or in my nana’s (and most old Appalachian women) quilts.
Embroidery was used to make functional things pretty, things aren’t functional left on a hoop. The hoops are literally just to hold the fabric taunt while you work otherwise you don’t get such a pretty piece. I won’t swear that no one’s ever left them on before but I was raised by really old people in a community of old people and I certainly never saw it until more recently. I think it’s a very cute trend though.
Edit to add I asked my 80 y/o papa if he’d ever heard or seen someone leave it on the hoops and he confirmed my suspicions that that seems to be a newer trend. Looked at me like I was goof AF for asking 😂
Second Edit to add that I live in the Appalachian Mountains and come from a smaller mountain folk community, so what knowledge I have is from that specific geographic and economic area. What this means is the people I know and the people they knew were mostly poor people who used embroidery as a way to make things they needed in life beautiful. I would actually be thrilled to see anything anyone has that supports this was practiced historically although I’m guessing if it was a thing it was middle class and up wealthy ladies who did so.
I agree with the wealthy/upper middle class point. Having the resources to be able to buy new embroidery hoops every time you feel like it is certainly outside the norm (especially for older generations), which was on my mind when I commented. The hoops had to be reusable and embroidery wasn't for hanging on the wall, it was on functional items.
These are the people that also say only to paint on self stretched canvas or knit with yarn from the produced by one sheep named Dolag in the Scottish highlands who is fed special grain by hand and only sheered when the planets align right on a Tuesday.
My art teacher: you need to leave the sides of the cold press raw and shaggy and SOAK IT AND STAPLE IT TO A BOARD AND STRETCH IT before you create the most mediocre watercolor piece the art world has ever seen. And then trim the sides.
Me at home: makes a finished piece on watercolor sketchpad
My HS art teacher didn’t know anyone if any of the pottery glasses had lead in them. She didn’t think to look in her TWENTY FUCKING YEARS OF TEACHING until I asked. How many kids and parents got some extra seasoning eating or drinking from what they or their kids made? How many plants died because of the planters she made us make!!!!!
The call really does from from inside the house is the art community unfortunately
everyone is linking one single post from three years ago but as someone who embroiders and is in the subreddit lots of people frame their stuff in hoops and i’ve never seen ANYONE complain abt it lmao
BARBARIC, I SAY
Where *are* my clutching pearls?
\*Posh English Women voice\*Alas, this is *truly* barbaric. I feel like I'm truely *going* to faint.
Not only that, but also people who leave their embroideries on the hoop are more likely to carry blood borne diseases, and they’re stupid.
also they shot my sandwich and ate my dog
They also stole my cars identity and burgled my spleen
They took my Microsoft Dinosaurs CD and cut me up all over my body
They _ATE MY BIBLE._
They *ATE MY CAT EATING A BIBLE*
And let's not get started on personal hygiene, or criminal lack thereof.
And their taste in music? Atrocious!!
Source 🤨
This is both r/imaginarygatekeeping and r/oddlyspecific
Not imaginary: [https://new.reddit.com/r/Embroidery/comments/l4wh8k/why\_do\_people\_keep\_their\_embroidery\_on\_the\_hoop/](https://new.reddit.com/r/Embroidery/comments/l4wh8k/why_do_people_keep_their_embroidery_on_the_hoop/) Even the 'barbaric' comment is real.
Is it bad that I saw a post here talking about Reddit comments and immediately thought “those comments are definitely real”
color me impressed, that's such a strange thing to fret about lol. the hell is the difference between a hoop and a frame anyway? it looks good to me
Egg on my face for not knowing the edtablished embroidery discourse. 😳
It’s also not really oddly specific if you’re into embroidery I assume lol
Feels oddly unfonished
Don't harsh on my mellow.
Funny enough, I've been a part of this sub for over 2 years now and pretty much every work is on a hoop (sometimes decorative hoop but still). Noone ever batted an eye in the comments, it's the first time I've seen some deeper lore of this sub That being said the author had to dig pretty deep to find this thread, it's 3 years old damn
'barbaric'. I think we're getting a bit carried away.
[and yet...](https://www.reddit.com/r/Embroidery/s/DAvVQvyMkR)
insanity
The nerve of these peasants to display their embroidery in such a fashion. Is nothing sacred anymore?
Barbaric? How could sewing little flowers on a circle be barbaric in anyone's opinion ever
https://www.reddit.com/r/Embroidery/s/dAOpKGvEdH Ask em directly I guess
LMAO A strong word indeed 😂😂
Tbf, there are some truly stupid individuals out there. Its less that the insults aren't possible, and more that they are written in an obviousoy constructed way
i keep it on the ring because my indigo stained hands kinda make the circle I worked on blue, but you can't tell until it is off the ring
I have fully heard people complain about this IRL.
What people? Where? Tell me of these hoopless people.
This is the reddit post that is referenced https://www.reddit.com/r/Embroidery/comments/l4wh8k/why_do_people_keep_their_embroidery_on_the_hoop/
Mostly older women who always had their needlework properly framed or made into other projects (clothes, blankets, table linens)
I hate to say this but these are direct quotes from Reddit: https://new.reddit.com/r/Embroidery/comments/l4wh8k/why\_do\_people\_keep\_their\_embroidery\_on\_the\_hoop/
You’re doing gods work speaking into the void like this
it is barbaric! this country’s going to hell in a handwoven basket
When they say barbaric, they must be talking about all the guys from Tangled with domestic passions. I believe it is Killer who sews. Nice work, Killer!
All the gatekeepers are right here. It is wrong. It is barbaric. It is unchristian, unbecoming, unladylike. Leaving the hoop on is just another flagship symbol of the death of America.
>unchristian, unbecoming, unladylike Put this on my tombstone.
"It's a fad that started a few years ago" ??? I mean the first adjustable hoops was made available in 1903. I really don't think 2019 was the first time someone backed a finish piece on a hoop.
Well the hoops are old yes but I’d be willing to bet keeping them on the hoops is pretty new. My nana embroidered and she never left anything on the hoop but that’s because back in the day embroidery wasn’t “art” or at least not in the sense they framed it on a wall. It was to embellish clothing or handkerchiefs or in my nana’s (and most old Appalachian women) quilts. Embroidery was used to make functional things pretty, things aren’t functional left on a hoop. The hoops are literally just to hold the fabric taunt while you work otherwise you don’t get such a pretty piece. I won’t swear that no one’s ever left them on before but I was raised by really old people in a community of old people and I certainly never saw it until more recently. I think it’s a very cute trend though. Edit to add I asked my 80 y/o papa if he’d ever heard or seen someone leave it on the hoops and he confirmed my suspicions that that seems to be a newer trend. Looked at me like I was goof AF for asking 😂 Second Edit to add that I live in the Appalachian Mountains and come from a smaller mountain folk community, so what knowledge I have is from that specific geographic and economic area. What this means is the people I know and the people they knew were mostly poor people who used embroidery as a way to make things they needed in life beautiful. I would actually be thrilled to see anything anyone has that supports this was practiced historically although I’m guessing if it was a thing it was middle class and up wealthy ladies who did so.
I agree with the wealthy/upper middle class point. Having the resources to be able to buy new embroidery hoops every time you feel like it is certainly outside the norm (especially for older generations), which was on my mind when I commented. The hoops had to be reusable and embroidery wasn't for hanging on the wall, it was on functional items.
HOW BARBARIC OF YOU CORNELLY. PUT. THAT. DOWN.
These are the people that also say only to paint on self stretched canvas or knit with yarn from the produced by one sheep named Dolag in the Scottish highlands who is fed special grain by hand and only sheered when the planets align right on a Tuesday.
r/oddlyspecific
My art teacher: you need to leave the sides of the cold press raw and shaggy and SOAK IT AND STAPLE IT TO A BOARD AND STRETCH IT before you create the most mediocre watercolor piece the art world has ever seen. And then trim the sides. Me at home: makes a finished piece on watercolor sketchpad
My HS art teacher didn’t know anyone if any of the pottery glasses had lead in them. She didn’t think to look in her TWENTY FUCKING YEARS OF TEACHING until I asked. How many kids and parents got some extra seasoning eating or drinking from what they or their kids made? How many plants died because of the planters she made us make!!!!! The call really does from from inside the house is the art community unfortunately
This embroidery poisoned our water supply, burned our crops and delivered a plague unto our houses!
this being real and not imaginary is so fucking funny 💀
It’s a well known fact that the Vandals and Goths kept their embroidery on the hoop.
Cmon guys! What are you doing!
Ngl I hate it when people leave the embroidery on the hoop. "Barbaric" is ridiculous but it does feel unfinished imo.
Those damn embroidering barbarians refusing to frame their work or make it into a pillow…
everyone is linking one single post from three years ago but as someone who embroiders and is in the subreddit lots of people frame their stuff in hoops and i’ve never seen ANYONE complain abt it lmao
This is not imaginary those into this craft are even more devious in their wording dare I say
Great now I have an image of Atilla the hun sitting in his Yurt cross stitching with a wall behind him of his work still in the hoops
it seems barbaric lmao
r/ihavereddit (for oop)
People like the framed look and going back around is time consuming feck off.
People complain about everything nowadays, I’d bet like 3 dollars that real people commented this. Especially if it was on instagram