Do you hand knit?
Create knit and purl stitches by hand
Alternative to Hand Manipulation: Mock Ribbing
"Ribbing" with Tuck
Hat Inspiration
Knit Club Replays: Ribbing

Combine Hand and Machine

If you hand knit, sometimes it's easier to just pick up your hand knitting needles and knit some ribbing.

Often new machine knitters don't consider combining the 2 crafts.

Ribbing is the perfect place to be "multi-lingual"