The 1824 Cotton? Oddly, I'm working on an afghan with it right now! (I'm making my own take on the Moderne Log Cabin from Mason-Dixon Knitting, which is perfect brainless end-of-semester/beginning-of-break work.)
I haven't washed it yet, but it's working up pretty well, imho. I like the hand on it, and it's a little less tiring than some cottons to work with. (It still is cotton, though, so it does lack the stretch of wool and is a little more work to knit.) In general, though? As long as you're not trying to use too small a needle, I would think that you'll be fine. (The irregularity combined with the lack of stretch would make it a right bastard at an overly small gauge, but you probably wouldn't want such a thing for an afghan, unless you wanted said afghan to be bulletproof.)
Also, if you go into the Ravelry yarn section and search for the yarn, you'll see a lot of examples of different colors and project types; it might help you in making your decisions, with no communication required. Here's the yarn's page: http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/mission-falls-1824-cotton
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I haven't washed it yet, but it's working up pretty well, imho. I like the hand on it, and it's a little less tiring than some cottons to work with. (It still is cotton, though, so it does lack the stretch of wool and is a little more work to knit.) In general, though? As long as you're not trying to use too small a needle, I would think that you'll be fine. (The irregularity combined with the lack of stretch would make it a right bastard at an overly small gauge, but you probably wouldn't want such a thing for an afghan, unless you wanted said afghan to be bulletproof.)
Also, if you go into the Ravelry yarn section and search for the yarn, you'll see a lot of examples of different colors and project types; it might help you in making your decisions, with no communication required. Here's the yarn's page: http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/mission-falls-1824-cotton