Hi Hayseed,

There are a few freebies on line that you should be able to find. Fern and faerie have a free one, and there is one with punk knitters.
Little Bird has one and if you want to pay for them, Little Turtle Knit is one of the places to go.
Also Ottobre has a free pattern.

Google search should bring all these up, but if not PM me and I'll try and hunt you the links down.

I've made the punk knitters/F&F one a few times now, and its really nice. I'm trying the Ottobre one now as its a flat pattern rather than knitting in the round, and it uses 12 ply wool which is better for night time use.
Yay for your mum, I dont have that luxury so I'm teaching myself how to knit - and unpicking a lot of stitches in the process.

Fi