This is the first one I ever made:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...-border-medium
It uses a bulky yarn and works up fairly quickly.
I suggest going to
www.ravelry.com. You have to create an account, but it's free. You can then search for patterns of all kinds and you can enter all kinds of "qualifiers," such as yarn size, free patterns versus paid, etc.