hello jeejaka, congratulations on ur kurtha work. elegant work! well, i've been meaning to try my hand at embroidery for sometime now. looking at your work, i see dat kantha stiches r mostly running stitches and wish to try it out myself. could u pls tell me, wen using a spool of embroidery thread, there r many threads joined to form a thick one. shud we use this thick thread as it is or separate it and use as a single or double one. kindly clarify. thanks u debimyrt