I wanted to make a scarf as a for someone and when I asked their favorite color, the answer was "burgundy" and also "I like the texture of corduroy." There's a Lion Brand claret yarn that is burgundy--but has bits of red and purple in it--that I just love. I searched for a knit stitch that would be reminiscent of a corduroy texture. I did find a few things, but they were pretty complicated and labor intensive. With a little experimenting, I came up with something that I think looks more like corduroy and it is so easy, it's ridiculous. Just a one row pattern. Just make sure you have the right number of stitches (multiples of 3 plus 2 more stitches: for example 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 20 ...)
Cast in multiples of 3 plus 2
5 mm needles
worsted (Lion brand claret)
Cast on 38
Sl1 *k2p1* k1
Repeat this row to desired length
Cast off
Note I knit all knit stitches to the back and used 4.5 mm needles because my knitting tends to be loose.
k2 means knit two stitches. p1 means purl one stitch. The pattern is to knit two purl one all the way across. First you slip the first stitch on each row (makes a nice edge), then knit 2 purl 1 all the way to the end. You should have one stitch remaining. Knit that last stitch (you can also knit that last stitch to the back if you know how to do that). The asterisks are used to mean that you repeat the pattern in between them until a stitch marker or to the end or in this case until the last stitch.