I love Mary Thomas’s picot edging. I like having easy to count loops that won’t unravel when I have a lot to cast on, and I like the option to pick up their twins and knit in the other direction.  It’s like a stretchy, decorative provisional cast on.  I love the Provisional cast on too.

But, the stitches are offset by half.  What if we had a provisional braid that was easy to count, easy to pick up and knit in two directions and wasn’t offset by half?  Like a ladder or the front and back loops of the crochet chain stitch, but easier to see?

Try out Ladder Braid and tell me what you think.