This is the pattern I was taught by a woman in the Paris Metro (and later taught a woman from China while we were both on a cable car in San Francisco - notice a recurring theme of KIP and public transportation?) and posted in '97.
Because of the way it "drapes" it's not a bulky scarf and can be very
elegant if made in a very lightweight yarn. (The prettiest version I've
seen was in cashmere/silk that a singer friend bought
for me to make her a black, dressy scarf that was also warm.)
The pattern stitch yields a lot of texture - it looks something like little
diamonds - to catch the light well and also, incidentally,
to insulate ... so it can be a very light, yet warm, scarf. Use
any weight yarn but I'd stay with double-knit weight or lighter as the
"pleating" drape and "triangles" texture is compromised by thick, thick
yarns.
Pattern:
Use any yarn and appropriate needle size for that yarn.
Make the scarf as wide as is appropriate. I made scarves for adult women 8 1/2-11" wide; for adult men 11-14" wide, the larger width for super-long muffler-style big, big scarves.
Pattern: Multiple of 10 stitches; 10 row repeats.
Cast on a number of stitches divisible by 10.
Row 1: [K5, P5] repeat to end of row.
Row 2: [K4, P1, K1, P4]
Row 3: [K3, P2, K2, P3]
Row 4: [k2, P3, K3, P2]
Row 5: [K1, P4, K4, P1]
Row 6: [P5, K5]
Row 7: [K1, P4, K4, P1]
Row 8: [K2, P3, K3, P2]
Row 9: [K3, P2, K2, P3]
Row 10: [K4, P1, K1, P4]
Beginning with Row 1, repeat these 10 rows until desired length.
Ruggles Reversible Scarf Pattern #2:
This was the stitch accidentally posted as the above pattern.
(Several people have made it and wrote they like the stitch so I'm
not as embarrassed as I was when I realized the editing mistake.) I like
it for a child's scarf as it has a kind of quaint-almost-old-fashioned
texture. (And several kids I showed it to liked it.) It doesn't have
the "drapiness" (what BGW calls "pleated" look) that RRS #1 has though.
Pattern:
Use any yarn and appropriate needle size for that yarn.
Make the scarf as wide as is appropriate. I made scarves for adult women 8 1/2-11" wide; for adult men 11-14" wide, the larger width for super-long muffler-style big, big scarves.
Pattern: Multiple of 10 stitches; 10 row repeats.
Cast on a number of stitches divisible by 10.
Row 1: [K5, P5] repeat to end of row.
Row 2: [K4, P1, K1, P4]
Row 3: [K3, P2, K2, P3]
Row 4: [k2, P3, K3, P2]
Row 5: [K1, P4, K4, P1]
Row 6: [P5, K5]
Row 7: [P4, K1, P1, K4]
Row 8: [P3, K2, P2, K3]
Row 9: [P2, K3, P3, k2]
Row 10:[P1, K4, P4, K1]
Beginning with Row 1, repeat these 10 rows until desired length.
Ruggles Scarf #3: Honeycombed Ribbing
Very ribby with two very different looking sides (and both, IMHO, pretty. I'm toying of making a reversible Chanel-style jacket or shawl collared big sweater - or, better yet, both - to take advantage of the 2 distinctly different looks.)
There's probably a name for this stitch but I didn't find it in a quick check of BGW and Mon Tricot stich reference books. It makes a great scarf stitch ... ribby, insulating and holds shape nicely.
Pattern:
Use any yarn and appropriate needle size for that yarn.
Make the scarf as wide as is appropriate. I made scarves for adult women 8 1/2-11" wide; for adult men 11-14" wide, the larger width for super-long muffler-style big, big scarves.
Pattern: Multiple of 2, plus 1. [To give matching selvage edges]
2 row repeat.
Cast on odd number of stitches.
Row 1: Knit all.
Row 2: *P1, K1, repeat from *, ending with P1.
Repeat these 2 rows until scarf is desired length.