Lateral Braid as a way to decorate your knitwear and more...

It can be used to decorate and give a polish to the knitted piece with no doubth.
Although I found it very helpful as a way to tighten stitches in
in a place they could get veeery sloppy. Lateral Braid can be used as a prevention of folding as well.
One little braid and so many possibilities...
Here's the tutorial for Lateral Braid (click on the photo to see it larger):

  

TIP: before starting to do Lateral Braid, make sure your stitches are "located" knitwise on the needle, it's easy when you purl russian style, if not reverse the stitches in a way that right "leg" of a stitch is at back, left is in front of the needle .

Here is tutorial for Lateral Braid knitted across whole row, although it can be made around too (click on the photo to see it larger):

Here is tutorial for Lateral Braid knitted in between other stitches: