I stumbled upon this pattern in www.creawelten.de (advent calendar 2013). A nice little stitch pattern for many purposes and doable for an advanced beginner level knitter
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Spülimuster? Sockenmuster? Pullovermuster? Passt für alles
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Shown with a cast-on count of 12 stitches.