What is Gauge & Swatching? || Gauge and Swatching Explained for Beginner Knitters

In this video I explain what Gauge and Swatching is for anyone who might be confused or sees it in a pattern and needs an explanation. I explain it more for beginners who don't know anything about these two knitting terms, but there is value for any skill level knitter in here. You can see the topics discussed in the timestamps section below, if there's something specific you want to know click on it there. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Gauge Explained 0:30 - Making Swatches 1:10 - Don't Need Swatches for Everything 1:34 - Counting Gauge 5:02 - Too many/few sts in gauge 6:11 - Swatching Basics Recap 6:19 - Swatching in the Round vs Flat 7:29 - How to Swatch in the Round (Make Circular Swatch) 10:24 - How to Tidy up a Circular Swatch 11:50 - Blocking & Pinning 13:50 - Don't BO, do this instead 14:06 - Keeping Track of Needle Sizes 14:44 - Full Recap 14:59 - THANKS!