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I got really lucky with threads. I googled all these UK places that would ship to where I live (Estonia), but I was still looking at a pretty penny for all this. And then I found that there is a place in my home town that sells DMC at near wholesale prices. Score.

Of course ordering so many different colours, some got messed up, so I drive up there to pick them up twice, which is not easy to organise during lockdown. But now I have all these lovely lovely threads. You can really see the quality difference between DMC and the cheap Chinese stuff I used to try if I like cross-stitch.

Starting a big project like this now brought up a bunch of new questions that I had not considered when working on small pieces.

I will start with the latest and maybe you have a tip for me Melanie. I am using Aida 14 fabric and DMC threads. And I am not sure if to use two or three threads.

I tested both:

2 thread:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/437693464440864769/826552390111068191/IMG_20210330_211044.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/437693464440864769/826552622362001449/IMG_20210330_210723__01.jpg

3 thread:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/437693464440864769/826552368405020732/IMG_20210330_231338.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/437693464440864769/826552410746650674/IMG_20210330_231258.jpg

Obviously 2 thread looks neater which is always nice. But it seems to me that quite a lot of white is showing through. And I am worried that with white Aida and a fairly dark colour scheme picture will mean that it will look too sparse.

But will 3 thread get too crowded once I have a bigger area done?

Any tips would be much appreciated!

Piddy,

That means so much...thank you!

We're just so glad we could help you facilitate such amazing work.

Thanks so much for the reply. I thought as much but wanted to make sure. Yes, UK's standard sounds confusing but you explain it clearly. One more question, please. So what size will my graphgan pattern of 150 wide x 125 high be, an afgahn single or double? I will start the project today so I'll see I guess. Many thanks from the a mile high!

Valerie,

Welcome!