I bet you thought this would be something dirty! In embroidery, stripping refers to the process of splitting out each individual strand of thread in stranded embroidery floss and then putting them back together into the number of strands you need. This allows you to get a smooth flat result with each thread laying next to the other when you stitch.
On the other hand, I kind of like the slightly twisted look of plain floss off the skein when you have more than 2 plies. The kissing pillow is stitched in 3 ply. Also, stripping is a little more work and I'm not sure that you can really see the difference when doing cross stitch on Aida cloth. Comments anyone?
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