Materials:
I used 1 full ball of the "Lion Brand Textures: Mohair Blend" in off
white. (This is 4.5 oz - it's the same yarn as the "Imagine" but in a bigger
skein)
I also used size 11 needles but size 9 or 10 would work, too. Smaller
sizes will give a daintier look.
Gauge:
My gauge was 3 sts to the inch and 4 rows to the inch, in the part
of the pattern that is stockinette.
Pattern Stitch:
Pattern over an odd number of stitches
Rows 1, 3, 4, 6: knit
Row 2: purl
Row 5: *K2tog, yo* and repeat this until last st, then k1.
Pattern:
I cast on 49 sts and knitted in pattern until the ball was nearly used
up. For the sake of symmetry, I stopped with pattern row 4.
The key to this "looking right", IMHO, is to use a slightly fuzzy yarn and knit it a little loosely.
The scarf that came out of this is quite wide, almost a shawl width.
I'm going to make another, more scarf-like one by casting on 31 sts. This
time, I'm using a variegated Imagine (brown and blue) to make a longer
narrower scarf for a family friend whose absolute favorite colors are brown
and blue. I'm guessing it will take 3 skeins of the variegated Imagine.
(about 6 ounces)
The gauge stated on the ball band is 6 rows/4.5 sts to the inch when
working with size 9 needles. So it's somewhere around worsted weight if
you want to substitute. Maybe a little finer, but the "fuzz" adds bulk.
Variations:
I think this stitch would also work well for a shawl or an afghan.
For a shawl, I would think between 14 and 16 ounces of yarn would be
enough.
I would cast on somewhere in the vicinity of 75 stitches and work until
the shawl is long enough to wrap up in (this seems to vary widely; shawls
always seem small on me because I am tallish and have broad shoulders).
Afghan: You would need maybe 32 or 40 ounces of the yarn. But this is
just a guess!
I would think casting on somewhere in the vicinity of 155 stitches
would make a nice afghan. (of course, this gets into circular needle territory)
If you made it big enough, it would make a nice "thermal blanket" to go between a sheet and a regular blanket or quilt (all those air spaces to trap heat...)