Knitting tutorial: How to work a Lateral, Vikkel or Latvian Braid

How to knit the lateral braid.

[christiemacdonald]

Who else chose this one because it was under 5 minutes? And, we were rewarded. So clear and concise! Thanks!

[alexmooney]

This was a FANTASTIC tutorial. Thank you for showing each step clearly without drawing it out too much. This is exactly what I needed!

[scientificexplorergirl]

This is much easier than I thought it was going to be. Thank you for your clarity!!

[bethnegrey]

I'd never heard of this before. So pretty! And the instructions on my pattern were confusing, to say the least. This is nice and clear. Thank you!

[saskiaboudreaux]

I knit lateral braid many times, but never seem to remember. Thanks for your tutorial 😊

[judybutzler]

Great tutorial. Straightforward, understandable and to the point!

[margaretfyffe]

Thank you. Just what I was looking for. Single colour lateral braid. 🤗

[njerimatenjwa]

Thank you 🌷 Its a lovely stitch and has plenty of possibilities.

[parisahashemi]

Thank you so much for the easy to follow tutorial ❤❤❤
Can you show us how to do a few rows of this back to back??

[belindawaldo]

Great voice, easy to understand and pace was good (I did slow it down to .75 on setting) Glad you did it in under 4 minutes. I will link it to my project

[michellebabin]

Woww I love your explanations. Thank you so much

[smariegalski]

Great tutorial. (And gorgeous yarn!) Thank you!

[cuppiesto]

Excellent tutorial. Very well paced and easily understood.

[deepaligaitonde]

Thanks so much for this very helpful tutorial! 😊

[ashrafaaseyedbagher]

Very good instructions thank you. Can we have more than one horizontal stitch in the same row?

[shelives]

Very nice instructional video. I like the way you slip the stitch back and reorient it. Makes a very nice look. Thanks!


P.S. How do you attach if you are knitting in the round? Do you happen to know?

[ADAKNITS]

Very cool! I will use this technique for my sleeves😂

[Cthecool]

Oh My Goodness how cool is that!!!
Excellent 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🥰🧶

[eastlynburkholder]

I use knit into the back of the stitch often for this reasons--->Putting an extra twist by knitting into the back loop will make a cheaper yarn look nicer as your fabric will have a 'better hand' meaning texture. The extra twist in every stitch or in some of the stitches helps to avoid the stiff cardboard like texture and avoids the limp like a wet cotton mop strand texture. You can throw the yarn differently (the yarn runs from the skein tom above rhe back needle and then down between the needles instead of up between the needles as it would for a non twisted stitch), knit into every stitch into the back loop, and you can cross every stitch and by using one or two or all of these methods at once, you will get an more elastic springy feeling fabric than that yarn could otherwise give you. Play with the larger and smaller needles if you try this.

[LErm-stqr]

Thsnk you very much. Works easy and looks greatfull