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.)

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[iamshadow]

I'm knitting Twisted because I bought crazy sock yarn and it's a good pattern for mad verigate yarn.Progress...


Patterns I've knit before and will again include Juju and Bloom. I've knit five pairs of Juju pants, and I've knit Bloom once but will again in the next few months because someone I know is expecting a girl. (Don't have any pics of my Bloom project; I knit it in the medium size, Bendigo Luxury 8ply, colourway Aquarium.)

Oh, gosh, I am a bad person to ask that, because I tend to pick up techniques quickly, and I like throwing myself in at the deep end. For example, the first socks I ever made were Skew, and they're really not an entry-level kind of pattern by most people's standards.

I've not done entrelac, or illusion knitting, or fair isle yet. Fair isle or Scandinavian style colourwork would be a real challenge for me, because I'm a tight knitter, and tight knitting + colourwork doesn't tend to add up to successful projects.

[untonuggan]

Those Juju pants are adorable! *adds to list of baby things to knit someday*