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Ava,
The Basic Palette is the one I suspect you'll want. Unless you're looking for a certain brand, such as Red Heart Super Saver, the Basic Palette is what you'll find has all of the very basic colors. Brands of yarn will have their own color names. This is why we developed the Basic Palette, because yarn is very difficult to match to specific colors, and even going across brands, which usually isn't recommended due to differences in yarn weights and differences in fibers (e.g., you wouldn't want to use fibers that require different types of care in one project!), you'll be hard pressed to find matching colors beyond the basics.
The Full Palette isn't recommended at all.
DMC is embroidery floss. While there are some who use embroidery floss to crochet, it's a very small fiber and difficult to work with, so though DMC has many color matches compared to conventional yarns, it's not recommended for crochet.
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Shaleigh,
This looks better and
better every single time! 
LOL, selfishly,
I hope you finish far sooner than when you're 80...can't wait to
see it finished!
I do understand, though.
Real life has a habit of getting in the way. I like to flip it the
birdie when it does. 
Take that, real life!
Take that, real life!This is already looking so gorgeous...well, it did from
when you started, part of what's so appealing are all of those
gorgeous, bold colors.
Can't wait to
see more!
Karla,
Excellent! Please let us
know how it turns out! I'm not 100% positive, but the mockup I did
on paper looks like just flipping the image 90 degrees will do the
trick.
FallenShadows,
Welcome! 
You're correct,
the blocks in the pattern each represent one stitch.
With an afghan, the best thing to do first is to figure
out your gauge by making a swatch (sigh, almost no one likes doing
that, but it's essential to get an idea of how many stitches and
rows you'll need for your finished piece, otherwise you could end
up with something that's about 30k stitches 
). Your swatch will tell you how
many stitches per inch you'll produce with your chosen
fiber/crochet hook or knitting needles. This will vary from person
to person, so unfortunately there's no other way to get the numbers
you need.
). Your swatch will tell you how
many stitches per inch you'll produce with your chosen
fiber/crochet hook or knitting needles. This will vary from person
to person, so unfortunately there's no other way to get the numbers
you need.From there you can figure out how
many stitches you'll need across for your finished desired afghan
size. It's then recommended that you give the freePatternWizard an
image with the dimensions of the size you want; for example, if you
want an afghan that's 50 stitches across by 50 rows, you'd give it
an image that's 50 pixels x 50 pixels and note in option #6 that
the number of stitches are 50 across. (This won't guarantee it will
be 50 rows vertically, only because the freePatternWizard currently
will figure out the vertical size for you. While that will change
at some point in the future, for now that can only be figured by
the freePatternWizard.)
This is why it's
important to figure out your gauge beforehand, so your afghan will
be the size you want.
arekaybee,
Welcome!
Lettering is
difficult because the letters will have to be large enough (e.g.,
no tiny lines, not large as in size) to be visible as lettering
when they're sent through the freePatternWizard. My best suggestion
is to experiment using a graphics program, reducing the image so
that 1 pixel = 1 stitch. In a later version of the software you'll
have a bit more control over something like working with an
alphabet, but as of now that's not available.
In particular, I'd look for a font that's not too fancy,
that doesn't have whispy lines or curly embellishments, as those
would tend to get lost unless your lettering was super thick. It
should be fairly basic and solid. You may also want to stay away
from serifs, as that would add thinner lines that would make it
difficult to to turn into a 1 pixel = 1 stitch ratio.
Hope that helps!
Ava,
The Basic Palette is the one I suspect you'll want. Unless you're looking for a certain brand, such as Red Heart Super Saver, the Basic Palette is what you'll find has all of the very basic colors. Brands of yarn will have their own color names. This is why we developed the Basic Palette, because yarn is very difficult to match to specific colors, and even going across brands, which usually isn't recommended due to differences in yarn weights and differences in fibers (e.g., you wouldn't want to use fibers that require different types of care in one project!), you'll be hard pressed to find matching colors beyond the basics.
The Full Palette isn't recommended at all.
DMC is embroidery floss. While there are some who use embroidery floss to crochet, it's a very small fiber and difficult to work with, so though DMC has many color matches compared to conventional yarns, it's not recommended for crochet.
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