These are a couple of versions of the Dragon Scales (aka: fish scales, knitted crocodile) stitch patterns for machine knitting. I called them the short version and the long version.

DrinaKnits gave me a head start on the short/mini pattern with the mini chart on her blog.

I revised the chart to eliminate the gap at the center of each scale shown on DrinaKnits’ blog. I also charted the pattern for machine knitting (see hand vs. machine knitting charts here).

I created a 2nd chart for the longer version of this stitch pattern. This is the same pattern as shown on the orange dress. If you prefer a longer scale, simply repeat rows #14 and #15 of the chart (8th image from the top) as much as you prefer.

For the swatch, I used:

• 2-ply yarn
• 100% acrylic
• standard gauge knitting machine
• Tension 8 - Although, tension 6 & 7 could be easily used for this yarn. It would have given a slender look of each scale.

By the way, here are some of the projects that I spotted on the internet using these patterns:

http://img04.taobaocdn.com/bao/uploaded/i4/T1kWiQXnxjXXbC...
http://i01.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/32296011375_1/New-wint...
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/moon-dragon-capelet
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/41939840270598700/
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/imoogi-dragon-po...
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/59672763804520012/