Measuring a gauge swatch is really no big deal, and it can yield essential information for your knitting designs.  Here is a simple explanation for making and measuring a gauge swatch.

First of all, it helps to know what GAUGE (pronounced gay-juh) means.  In knitting and crochet, gauge refers to the approximate number of stitches per inch horizontally, and how many rows per inch vertically, in a knitted fabric.