Do I have to do a blanket stitch, or will an overcast stitch work?

Simply put, it is a single crochet that you do back through the previous row. You do not turn your work. When you pull the loop through the previous stitch,...

It is not a good idea to do a duplicate stitch over a garter stitch. It will not look good. You need to do it over stockinette stitch.

Yes and no. Since a seed stitch included both knit and purl on the same side, it won't look quite as good as working on a straight stockinette stitch. When...

It can be done on a cable stitch. It is tricky to work the direction of the stitches, as the stitch grouping is crossed over in the original format. Using...

When doing a garter stitch, you will knit every row. When doing a stockinette stitch, you will alternate between knitting one row and purling one row.