How many strands of embroidery floss to use — Embellished Elephant

Embroidery floss comes in skeins of six strands and patterns will often indicate how many strands to use. But what effect does varying the number of strand actually have on your embroidery? I tried stitching various embroidery stitches with different numbers of thread to demonstrate how this impact

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