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

[pensnest]

I like the Kaffe Fassett Small Steps sweater, and have certainly knitted it twice (for my husband and my father in law) in shades of red, brown and cream. Also did a stepped shawl for a friend of mine. Age-old patterns (well, the '80s, I suppose) but vibrant and easy. (All my pattern links are to Ravelry)

A ribbed striped Noro scarf was one of the earliest things I knitted in my recent resurgence of knittery—two balls, two rows of each, and see what happens to the colours as you knit. I've done two in different colourways, and I'm currently nearly finished with a scarf in more or less the same design, except it's double rib and it's a stashbuster rather than a Noro knit, as I have a bunch of subtle beiges and pinks which work together rather well.

I've knitted three of these hats! I even managed to hold one yarn in each hand. I can't claim to be actually competent that way, but it was a source of pride!

I've also done a couple of Entrelac scarves, because they're such fun, and they look so very clever even though they're delightfully simple to knit. A couple of these Easy Drop Stitch Scarves as well, for a nice open, light effect, and a couple of the Not-A-Celebrity Scarf, though I haven't been entirely satisfied with the way those have turned out. Wrong yarns, I think.

I love knitting scarves, because they're small and quick, and can use up a bunch of leftovers or one fabulous skein (I did my first proper lace scarf in a luscious Silk and Baby Camel yarn I found at a show). But I do have intentions for grander projects, specifically some more shawls and some seamless sweaters. I love the idea of knitting without having to sew up afterwards!

[untonuggan]

I'm planning on knitting a seamless sweater soon as one of my first adult sweater projects. After helping my mom sew up a baby sweater, I am convinced it induces madness.

One I'd recommend as an easy baby cardigan (note: does involve picking up stitches and doing buttonholes, but it's not too bad) is this Garter Yoke Baby Cardi.

I'm hoping to make Brick for myself sometime soon, although I may throw in a cable or pattern stitch to keep it interesting.