This free pattern originally published in the Woolco Knitting & Crocheting Manual, in 1916.

MATERIAL-1 box of Woolco Shetland Floss. No. 4 Woolco hook.
Make a chain 27 inches long.
1ST ROW-Wrap, draw a loop through 3d stitch of chain, skip 1 stitch, draw a loop through next stitch, wrap, take off 4 loops. *Chain 1. Wrap, draw a loop through stitch last used, skip 1, draw a loop through next stitch, wrap, take off 4 loops*.
2D ROW-Wrap, draw a loop through 1st stitch, skip 1, draw a loop through next, wrap, take off 4 loops, chain 1. Repeat between stars of 1st row.
Make scarf 1 ½ yards long.
FRINGE-Cut strands 16 inches long, knot 6 strands in every 3d space.
Other great shawl patterns from Woolco Knitting & Crocheting Manual.
Scarf I
Square Shawl
Scarf II
Yoke Cape
Cape
Nubia