The Vikkel braid or Estonian Lateral braid is a great little braid to add a bit of interest to your next project. This braid is quite simple to knit with all the magic happening in just one row of knitting. You can knit this braid flat and in the round. In this video Aleks will show you how to knit the Vikkel braid with one colour, flat using the English throwing knitting style.

You can try out this technique in the following patterns from Aleks:

- Caloroso shawl

The shawl shown and mentioned at the beginning is the Caloroso shawl.