I knitted a 1x1 rib, like Jared Flood did, and it turned out great. Squishy, no rolling, and it does indeed "plump up" into a stockinette-like fabric, like Jared said. Of course, it's hard to knit a six-foot long strip without some kind of tension issues, so there are a few spots that are wider than the rest, and one edge is perpetually tighter than the other, which I tried to correct as I progressed, but the scarf still has an overall curve to one side. Also, I wish I had chosen colorways with a few brighter and more vivid shades. But on the plus side, I figured out slipped-stitch edging (the trick is to hold the working yarn in front for purlwise and in back for knitwise), and, really, it's a scarf. No one's going to be using it as a ruler down at NASA. A few bumps don't matter, and maybe I can even fix them with a little blocking.
