These are a few density swatches I put together for reference. First is 14ct perforated plastic. One thing you may be able to see from the photo is how badly the plastic warps and deforms with six strands. At one point, the floss actually broke the plastic, and I had to creatively lay my stitches to keep that from being obvious, but you can still see a little peek of white. On both plastic and fabric, I do not recommend more than four strands for full stitches on 14ct. Even at four, there's enough floss that it gets caught up on itself and tends to create big snags and snarls. For 18ct, I don't recommend more than three strands for full stitches. After that point, the same thing starts to happen. And for 22ct, you only need two. Not only does your floss start to snag, but 22ct is a loose weave, and deforms with too many strands, and pretty soon you actually lose your grid.
Included in this download are floss indexes for DMC flosses. Currently, the download contains entries for: Stranded Cotton Satin Étoile More will be added in the future, so it is recommended that you create an account and follow my page to be alerted whenever this listing is updated so you may download it again without charge. This index contains files to change floss entries within recent versions of PCStitch, as well as PNG files which can be colour-picked for direct use, or to gain RGB entries. PLEASE NOTE: While these colours are more accurate than what comes out of the box with PCStitch, dye lots and monitor differences may mean that colours do not display precisely. Some tweaking and changes on the user end may still be required, however direct image conversions will be greatly enhanced with this index. Full coverage pieces will have less "mud" to the darker areas, and colours like blue, red, and purple should have fewer issue
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