Seed Stitch Scarf

I finished the Malabrigo scarf last night. (I decided not to run out the second ball of yarn; at one point I tried it on and decided it was long enough.) I used seed stitch (in some quarters called moss stitch, though I know that as k2, p2 rather than k1, p1). Seed stitch is one of the most basic texture stitches: you do k1, p1 on the right side, and then p1, k1 on the wrong side (provided you're using an odd number of stitches). At any rate: knits and purls alternate and they're staggered from row to row. Seed stitch is a good stitch for scarves. It does take a long time to do - any stitch where you have to alternate "yarn in front, yarn in back" does - but it has several good properties for scarves: 1. It's reversible. The backside looks like the front 2. It doesn't curl like stockinette does, or even like some ribbings will. 3. It looks more sophisticated than just plain old garter stitch and, the added bonus for variegated yarns is that it seems to break up the pooling a little better. The yarn used here is a Malabrigo worsted weight (or perhaps just slightly heavier). It was a birthday gift from a Ravelry friend a couple years ago and I decided to make it up into a scarf. (I just hope we get some winter this year - not just so I can wear my scarves and sweaters - but they are blaming some of the increased abundance of West Nile cases on the fact that we didn't really have a hard freeze last winter). Malabrigo is a good scarf yarn - it's very soft and I presume it will be warm, as it's kind of a "puffy" single....