This was my first project stitching on black aida and using 3 strands and it was a STRUGGLE. There was just too much thread going on and I missed not being able to loop the thread to hold my needle. I thought the coverage would be worth it but I really don't mind seeing the crosses, so I will just be sticking to 2 strands from now on.

The pattern also ended up being a lot more oval-shaped than I would have liked, so I had to modify it a lot to round it out. I also just ended up freestyling the stars and adding way more than the pattern.