The day I realized I was ironing my thread backwards for 3 years, what's your version of that?

Ngl, I was cross-stitching for about 3 years before I saw a video where someone was threading their needle from the opposite end. I always used the loop method but somehow had the needle facing the wrong way for the twist. It made my floss untwist like crazy, and I thought it was just the cheaper brand I bought in Austin. Once I flipped it, my stitches looked 10 times cleaner overnight. What hobby skill did you have backwards and what finally tipped you off, was it a tutorial or someone watching you work in person?

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wells.olivia12d ago

Wait, you mean the whole time I was kneading dough for bread, I was doing it with my palms instead of my fingertips? Seven years I made baguettes that came out like hockey pucks, and I blamed the humidity in my apartment. It took a baking class where this old French guy just stared at me for a full minute before going, "You are punching the dough, not tenderizing a steak." Swear to god, I flipped my technique and my bread finally had those airy holes instead of the texture of a brick. Sometimes the fix is so dumb you feel like you should get a refund on all those wasted hours.