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Seed stitch is my favorite knitting stitch, and I substitute it in whenever I can. I occasionally consider referring to my husband as MossStitch, which is a hilarious reference to the fact that American moss stitch is essentially doubled seed stitch (and my husband is over a foot taller than me, so it works as hilarious on multiple levels) but never actually do so, because I'm pretty sure only three people ever would get it and it would just be distracting to everyone else.