Seeing Seeded Stripes

I really enjoy knitting Diagonal Seed Stitch, this week's stitch of the week. It's basically just Stockinette Stitch with a bunch of purls that make diagonal lines across the fabric, but since the diagonal makes which stitches are involved in the diagonal shift every row, it's a heck of a lot more entertaining than Stockinette.

There are several variations of this kind of stitch that you can use on different numbers of stitches, and once you get the hang of it you could easily add the stitch pattern to any basic Stockinette pattern to give it a more interesting look. Right now I'm seeing a cute coat or cardigan in this stitch and worked in a multicolored yarn for even more interest, but it also looks nice in a plain solid yarn, as shown.