According to the description I found the pattern uses both types in its stitching so that is what I would do. It is pretty.

Ooops, thanks, syagel, I can always count on you. You are absolutely correct now that I look at the instructions more closely. Well that settles that.

Too bad crescent colors is expensive & hard to match with DMC. I found out the companies give these fibers and fabrics to designers, who then use them in designs. Clever! Poor us!

Jlhewes I agree with you about the different flosses. When the designers are doing these patterns they don't realize that all of us can't or won't pay the higher prices for them when we can get beautiful pictures with DMC floss and not break the bank.

Aha, so that's how this little scheme works. I'm not impressed with the specialty floss(es) - is there a plural? I prefer DMC for many reasons. I can always keep and use the leftovers, love the sheen, the cost is a factor especially with larger projects when considering that rarely they will be used again. I don't like that they are pre-cut and the list goes on. I WANT to wash my project and some are not color fast. Once stitched, especially on more homespun patterns they do look nice.

I'm still confused, sorry. Should I match the floss or should I use it head to toe for lack of a better description (light and dark or both ends light or both ends dark) for this pattern. I wish that the instructions were a little more explicit. Many of us are not that experienced and hate to learn through trial and error. They could surely enlarge their customer base.

The DMC is well known around the world for almost 150 years. For the last 3 generations of my family we had used it. It is the best of its length it come originally from Egypt and it had been done as floss in France.

We know, Miss C., thank you.

Texas Stitcher, this is an inspired marketing technique, you must admit. However, I think the Designers who give DMC & Anchor equivalents are more ethical. Sometimes, the colors are too hard (like Freda's)to change on your own.

Wow! Only three generations! My family has been using DMC now for SIX generations...soon to be seventh. I love DMC sheen, too. I evefn enjoy just looking at it resting in my stash...all those glowing colors! And who cares that it is Egyptian cotton, unless one considers that cotton from elsewhere is too expensive for them to use.

I don't know. Maybe the cotton bolls are bigger. Or, Egypt is just closer. They bragg about " long staple", have heard of that in wool. Maybe easier to card & spin. Maybe less lint. On lint, however, I've always thought Anchor made less. It's also Egyptian long-staple, but made by Germans. ??

No generations in my family have used cotton floss, because nobody stitched, except a great aunt who stitched dresser scarves with some incredibly shiny floss in the early 20th century.