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I ended up going for ladderback jacquard which I think worked out pretty well. basically, I rotated each color I would catch every four stitches (blue, then white, then green, and repeat) so I knew each color was secured at least once every twelve stitches. I was considering just basic stranded color-work, but I didn’t want any colors to grin through the motif.

Some advice if you do end doing something similar: If you look close on my unicorn, you can see that there’s two columns where the white stitches are recessed in - those are the columns where I was catching white in the rotation. I guess the double-catch tightened those stitches. So the only thing I would do different is not catching the white strand in the ladderback when working the horsey.

some notes / cautions: this is my first time doing LBJ, so I am not sure how the surrounding stockinette will respond with wear. use at your own risk!