Cast On, Bind Off (35 page)

CHARACTERISTICS

• Distinctive, colorful edge

• Elastic edge

GOOD FOR

• Corrugated, or two-color, ribbing

• Bottoms of mittens and hats

• 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.

With all three yarns and leaving short tails, make a slip knot and place on the needle. The slip knot does not count as a stitch.

Hold the yarns in the slingshot position, with yarn A (this is the color that forms the contrast edge; in this case, navy) going to the thumb and yarn B (light blue) going to the index finger. Allow yarn C (lavender) to just hang out of the way at the back. Yarn A (navy) is always on the thumb; yarns B (light blue) and C (lavender) alternate on the finger.

Insert the needle tip under both strands of yarn on your thumb.

Bring the needle over the top and down into the thumb loop, coming out underneath the strand that is in front of your thumb.

Bend your left thumb toward the index finger and reach over the top of the strand on your index finger.

The loop on your thumb now has an X in it. Bring the needle tip through the bottom (nearest the needle) of the X.