My current big project is the afghan from Barbara Walker’s Learn-to-Knit Afghan Book. The pattern suggests 4 colors. I’ve decided to knit it in Plymouth Yarn’s Encore in deep purple, light purple, and cream. Colors A & B being light colors and C & D being darks. The deep purple will serve for both C & D in my ‘ghan. Cream is A and light purple is B. At this point, I’m fairly certain that I’ll join them with a deep shade of apricot to highlight the individuality of the squares.
After some experimentation, I’ve come to the conclusion that the best way to choose a needle size for this ‘ghan is to swatch in moss stitch rather than stocking stitch (or anything else flat). Many of the squares in this book are highly textured and they’ll look much better if they’re knit a little more tightly than you might ordinarily knit with the chosen yarn.
