Swatch watches entered the watch market in 1983 At that time, people only bought one or two watches at the most, one watch for everyday and the other watch for special occasions...

If you are in your thirties or forties you will remember the 1980’s Anyone who has a clear memory of these years and lived in the United States or United Kingdom knows how popular the Swatch Watch was...

Even though you may want to jump right in there and start using a knitting pattern it is a good idea to make a gauge swatch...

Gauge is the number of stitches per inch and the number of rows per inch produced when working with a particular size of yarn and a specific hook...