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With all the buttery soft fibers out there for our nimble fingers to turn into  something fabulous the so called scratchy wools get a bad rap with lots of yarn folk. While we all need some sultry merino or slinky silk in our hands from time to time, those scratchy wools have some pretty awesome things to offer to the knitter/crocheter/weaver.

We all know just how helpful Ravelry and Pinterest can be for grabbing inspiration, comparing project notes and discovering new yarn/designers/fibers and so much more but there are lots of other great resources out there for fiber folk to make great use of.

Gauge swatch. The single most confusing, terrifying and groan inducing phrase in the knitter or crocheter’s vocabulary. While we get why this phrase brings on some resentment, it doesn’t have to. Swatching is your best friend in disguise.