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Gorgeous scarf! Antares is right, there usually is more than one way to do these things. It might be an elongated stitch on a scarf that is knit sideways from what I can see. It's fun to do and looks very pretty when finished.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotat...&v=NN0sbky-3IE
The other possiblity is that it's a dropped stitch and ladder over several stitches. That makes sense of the direction of the Vs on the close up of the scarf.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrzzW7ewt4Q