I <3 Double Seed Stitch
To date, I’ve learnt the most about knitting by working through ‘Knitting for Dummies’ by Pam Allen. Though its down-home, no-frills layout is a little bit head scarf & house coat, it delivers clear, concise, easy-to-follow instructions so here I must give the manual its due credit.
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The manual's flat-toned, grey image of a swatch of double seed stitch does nothing to impart the deep, tactile texture created by the offset double-repeat plain and purl stitches of this decorative pattern that pile up to form a quaint, coded fabric of integral, iconic heart-shaped bumps. True to its pragmatic sublimity the manual makes much of the fact that the fabric, “worked in a balanced manner” is “stable” and therefore lays flat with no inclination to curl at the edges.
To knit this scarf I used:
6 x 50g balls Jaeger Extra Fine Merino Chunky, shade 028 Teal
4.5mm needles
To knit in double seed stitch:
Cast on (or any multiple of 4 stitches, plus 2).
Rows 1 and 4: *k1, p1; rep from * to end of row (end k1).
Rows 2 and 3: *p1, k1; rep* to end of row (end p1).
Repeat rows 1-4 until you have a scarf of your required length.
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