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direction.

    For braid:
Move yarn B (orange) from the finger
under
yarn A (maroon) and wrap it around the thumb. Move yarn A (maroon) back to the index finger, making sure it goes over yarn B (orange). This twists the yarns in a clockwise direction.

    Continue casting on, switching the position of yarns between each stitch.
Tricolor Braided Cast On
    Another variation of the Long-Tail Cast On , this highly decorative cast on creates a fun and beautiful edge. It lends itself to ethnic patterns, such as Latvian knitting, that involve complex colorwork. It is slow going and rather fiddly, but the resulting edge is stunning. Three colors are typically used; you can try more, but this creates longer floats that may snag, so you probably don’t want to use more than four or five colors.

    CHARACTERISTICS
    â€¢ Beautiful multicolor edge
    â€¢ Elastic edge
    GOOD FOR
    â€¢ Bottoms of mittens and hats
    â€¢ Any multicolor knitting projects with more than two colors
    Getting It Right
    This can be worked using more colors of yarn; just follow the clockwise rotation. Because each additional color adds more float length, make sure the floaters are not so long that they create snagging hazards.
Working the Cast On
    Make a slip knot, leaving short tails, with all three colors of yarn (A, B, and C) and place it on the needle. This does not count as a stitch.

    Hold yarn A (teal) over the thumb, yarn B (aqua) over the finger as for the Two-Color Braided Cast On; let yarn C (light green) hang down and out of the way.

    Make a stitch as in Long-Tail Cast On ( page 25 ), pull to snug the stitch on the needle as usual, but leave it on the loose side so the cast on does not become too tight.

    Rotate yarns: Drop yarn B (aqua) to the back, move yarn A (teal) to the finger, and bring yarn C (light green) to the thumb.

    Make another stitch.

    Rotate yarns: Drop yarn on finger, move thumb yarn to finger, and move yarn that has been dangling (not used in last stitch) to the thumb.
    Continue in this manner, making stitches and rotating yarns, until you have the desired number of stitches. You will see that the yarns are rotating clockwise.
    Swatch

    This sample of tricolor linen stitch shows the particular importance of swatching in multicolor knitting. All swatches in this book have been cast on and knitted with size 8 needles. For this one, though, I had to switch to a
size 4
needle for the casting on, because the many slipped stitches of linen stitch make for such a tight fabric. And still that lovely cast-on edge looks a bit larger than the body of the knitted fabric.
Twined Cast On
    This unique cast on also can be done with two or three colors, creating a striking edge for colorwork garments. Worked in two colors, the edge is a decorative contrast to the knitted garment and creates an interesting braided effect. With three colors, you get the contrasting edge and alternating colors in the first row, making it the perfect setup for corrugated, or two-color, ribbing. In structure, the cast on is like the Old Norwegian Cast On ( page 41 ), but using multiple colors of yarn. It differs from the other multicolor cast ons in that the thumb yarn remains the same throughout, forming the single-color contrast edge.

    CHARACTERISTICS
    â€¢ Distinctive, colorful edge
    â€¢ Elastic edge
    GOOD FOR
    â€¢ Corrugated, or two-color, ribbing
    â€¢ Bottoms of mittens and hats
    â€¢ Any multicolor knitting: stranded, helix, mosaic, twined, and more
    Before You Begin
    Decide how many colors (one, two, or three) you want to be part of your twined edge. To work in two colors as pictured on the previous page, yarn A (light blue) is the contrast color and yarn B and yarn C are both lavender.

    If you want to set up two-color ribbing, as pictured here, yarn A (navy) is the contrast color, and yarn B (light blue) and yarn C (lavender) set up the body of the fabric.

    Or, three strands of the same color yarn create a beautiful textured edge.
Working the