I’m finally going to start the Sampler Afghan from Vickie Howell’s book Knitty Gritty Knits (DIY): 25 Fun & Fabulous Projects (DIY Network). It seems simple enough.

You use 1 main color and 3 different contrasting colors to make blocks with a height of 8″ & 24 stitches wide. The stitches used for this project are:

• garter (basic knit stitch)
• loopy square (I will most likely change this since I don’t like the way it looks)
• lace square
• hurdle stitch square
• checkerboard square
• popcorn square

Except for the garter stitch, these are stitches I will be trying for the first time.

I’ve chosen to use Red Heart’s Super Saver Yarn-Pink Camo, Light Raspberry, Cafe, & Baby Pink.There’s a shade of green in the Pink Camo yarn that I wasn’t able to find so we’ll go with this for now.

I’ve gotten 1 of 11 squares of the Pink Camo (MC) done using the garter stitch. I really link this color combo so I will probably use it in another project some where down the line.

So, back to knitting.