Ever since I got my order from Thread Pickerz, I have been dying to start Twisted Band Sampler from Northern Expressions.  I wanted to stitch this on 40 ct  but had a hard time find  40 ct black linen.  fter several days of futile search, I settled on 32 ct lugana.  I  tried with one thread and l liked the coverage and so I decided to continue.  I am stitching the specialty stitches version and am loving how this is turning out.  Nicole's instructions are awesome.  She has included several pages of diagrams for the specialty stitches.