Sweetheart shorts pattern
Here's the pattern I have for shorts. I haven't made them yet either and I was planning to last Feb...
Maybe this year...
edited to add: Hey! I just got a great idea. This pattern you sent the link to uses worsted and I've got gobs of worsted and my dl loves toe socks... if a person could add toes to these or any tights... they'd have something new and unique! Someone like you who seems to know her way around a knitting needle...

Or would worsted be too thick for between the toes... yep, it would. But for the thinner yarns, maybe?