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Good Evening,

I'm preparing to start my next cross stitch pattern which was originally graphed for DMC floss and so far I've managed to convert the colors over to Rainbow Gallery's Silk Splendor, I've got everything ready to go but when I sat down to stitch I realized I haven't any idea if I should use one strand or two on this 32 count linen? Just for reference, I'm stitching over two threads of linen per cross stitch. Any advice is much appreciated!

Kind Regards,
Anisya Zarechkov

Do a sample piece trying both one then two strands.It only needs to be small and then you can tell which looks the best to you.

Although Splendor is 12 stranded (you'll find it's loosely grouped in 3x4), the strands are more or less equal in thickness to strands of DMC or Anchor, so depending on how many strands of DMC you'd use on 32ct (which could be one for a delicate effect or 2 for better coverage, or even 3 if you want really solid coverage), use the same number of Splendor.
HTH!