Favorite Patterns

[untonuggan]

I'm curious - what are some of peoples'  favorite patterns? I have some folks in my circle who just started knitting, or who just got back into knitting, or are curious about knitting.

So here's some musings I have, if folks are up for it amidst holiday knitting and general revelry/chaos:

• What are you knitting right now? (Unless it's super sekkrit)
• What's a pattern you've knit before and have knit/want to knit again?
• What are some good patterns for beginners?
• What's a knitting skill (cables, bobbles, lace, reading charts, entrelac) that you're interested in learning (perhaps because the patterns are sooo pretty/interesting/whatever), and you want to learn? Perhaps other folks can offer good suggestions on how to learn that skill...

(P.S. I hope the mod is okay with this.)

Comments

[zombie]

Multnomah is one of my favorite shawl patterns, and it works well with all the variagated yarns. I'm knitting one for myself right now in a discontinued red and black yarn and it is gorgeous.

Irulan In Dune is a nice buttoned cowl pattern that I'm doing in another discontinued yarn (lol stash busting). I really, really like this one, and it's fairly simple.

75 Yard Malabrigo Fingerless Mitts are great, and a good way to use up scraps of yarn, too.

[untonuggan]

Looks like the Malabrigo mitts could have a cable added if one wanted it...*ponders*...and one could use up yarn...*ponders some more*

[shieldbrother]

It's such a simple pattern, you could even incorporate a lace pattern if you wanted, too. Pretty basic, but endless possibilities. (I'm eyeing to make myself some rainbow striped ones because...Well. Rainbows.)

[untonuggan]

Mmmmm, yes, rainbows...