shades of knitting blog

  • Book Review: The Wilderwomen by Ruth Emmie Lang

    by kylie shade
    Here it is, my first ever book review! I am so excited to share my journey of books with you. If you want to join me on this journey, you can follo...

  • Testing, testing....1, 2, 3....is this thing on?

    by kylie shade
    Testing, testing....1, 2, 3....is this thing on?  I will be honest, starting this blog last year was a little bit more than I could handle⏤I didn't...

  • test knit: spoonie top

    by kylie shade
    Have you ever come across a pattern that you just knew you had to knit? That somehow the pattern “got you”? For me that was the Spoonie Top by Alix...
    Posted in knitting

  • What is the #TESTERNOTEBOOK?

    by kylie shade

    So what exactly is the tester notebook?

    You have discovered the awesomeness that is fibre art pattern testing and now you have stumbled upon this notebook as you have presumably been looking for a way to organize your upcoming pattern test.  

    Every hero has an origin story, right? And this is the origin story of the tester notebook.

    Posted in knitting, product