The basketweave pattern is pretty easy, and it lays flat and looks elegant. Basically, you do something like a wide rib pattern (say, however many stitches make up an inch or inch and a half in your gauge) and then after about an inch or inch and a half of length, switch so that instead of a rib, you’re making a checkerboard. Here’s a picture of what it looks like, which probably helps. I know you say that you can’t read patterns, but perhaps a very easy pattern like basketweave is a good opportunity to begin to understand a simple one. Here is a free pattern for a Basketweave scarf – you don’t have to follow it exactly, but it describes the general technique, which may be helpful if it’s hard to imagine it the way I describe it up there. Even better, here’s a video about the stitch pattern. And here’s a link to the best knitting help site that I personally know about. :) Good luck! It’s a very forgiving pattern, so if you choose to make it and have some wrong stitches or unevenness, it doesn’t look so bad.