Casting on for seed stitch

[want2knit]

OK, I'm practicing my newly learned stitches. I watched Amy's video of the seed stitch, but I have a ?. If I do the double cast-on method, do I just start the pattern on the next row? I think the cast on is already a knitted row, so I was just wondering, since I'm supposed to knit the purls and purl the knits. How would I begin or do I do a different cast-on method? Hope that makes sense. Thanks. I think I want to make my son a seed stitch scarf as my first project.

[knitqueen]

Personally, I do a long tail cast on for pretty much everything, unless I need to do a provisional cast on for whatever reason. I do a lot of socks that start with ribbing and with the cast on row, as you say producing a ready-made knit row, it doesn't make a difference.

So, just cast on as you usually would and start your seed stitch and you won't even notice your cast on once it's all done.

I was just looking at the various cast on videos on this site, and it looks like the alternate cable cast on might be a different one to try, if you want to. It says that it is good for K1 P1 ribbing (w