T-breaks

T-breaks are podcasts by Teabreak Knitter. The videos are published on YouTube, and the show notes are listed below when they become available. The show notes link to audio podcasts of the sound track from the videos.. RSS feed

Teabreak Knitter wearing his Nahanni River vest.

Finishing the Nahanni River (P202002)

This is the fifth and final podcast in a series about how I knit the Nahanni River vest designed by Betts Lampers and published by Simply Shetland. In it I show how I knit backwards for the short rows, how I reinforced and cut the steeks and how I picked ...
Front of Nahanni River project showing neck steek.

Up to the armholes in the Nahanni River (P202001)

This is the fourth podcast in a series that shows how I am knitting the Nahanni River sleeveless pullover, and describes techniques used in knitting the Nahanni River project: casting on for a steek, decreasing in colour work, and using symmetry to spot mistakes. It shows progress at the end ...
Cartridge rib and start of pattern for the Nahanni River vest.

Starting to knit the Nahanni river (P201903)

This is my third podcast in a series that shows how I knit my Nahanni River vest stranded knitting project. I talk about using charts for the colour work, how I knit with two colours, cartridge rib, and knitting the Fair Isle pattern. This is a video. There is also ...
Back of the gauge swatch for Nahanni River

Casting on the Nahanni River (P201902)

This is the second in a series of podcasts on how I knit my Nahanni River vest project. In it I discuss what I found out from my gauge swatch and casting-on and joining-in-the-round for this project. This is a video. There is also an audio only version: This my ...
Ruler held against the first four rows of the swatch

Project planning – the Nahanni River (P201901)

This is the first in a series of podcasts on how I knit my Nahanni River vest project. In this podcast I explain how Iread the pattern to find out the yarn that I'll need, any tools that I need and any techniques that I will need to learn to ...