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FallenShadows,
Welcome! Smile
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 Surprised). 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. Smile


Thank you! I'll be watching 😁

Marcia,

Welcome!  Smile

Thanks for letting us know about your interest in c2c!  Smile  The more expressed interest we have in a feature, the higher in priority it goes on the list for implementation.  Smile

Jessica,

Wow, thanks for all of that great info!  Kiss  Please do keep us informed of your progress, perhaps share some pictures as you go along, if you don't mind.  You're a genius!  Kiss

Melanie,

I love how your school system works.. Ours is crap :p

We have untill february 4th to pick a topic. The project is a group thing if you want too, but you will have to defend your work individually.. 
Luckily all my exams are oral this year.. I only have one written exam.. Cheesy Of course the written one is math, which I absolutely HATE..  

Sorry.. Can't stop laughing at your beading project... I hate when it happens to me, but i can't stop laughing when it happens to others... LOL

Sorry :p

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