Ascending Pea Pattern generator

APL, 32 characters

⍪⌽({⍵,⍨,/{⌽⍵,+/⍵⍷d}¨⍳⌈/d←⊃⍵}⍣⎕)1

This generates lines starting from 0 (i.e. 0 generates 1, 1 generates 1 followed by 1 1, etc.), as specified by user input. I used Dyalog APL for this, and ⎕IO should be set to its default of 1.

Example:

      ⍪⌽({⍵,⍨,/{⌽⍵,+/⍵⍷d}¨⍳⌈/d←⊃⍵}⍣⎕)1
⎕:
      0
1

      ⍪⌽({⍵,⍨,/{⌽⍵,+/⍵⍷d}¨⍳⌈/d←⊃⍵}⍣⎕)1
⎕:
      13
               1 
             1 1 
             2 1 
         1 1 1 2 
         3 1 1 2 
     2 1 1 2 1 3 
     3 1 2 2 1 3 
     2 1 2 2 2 3 
     1 1 4 2 1 3 
 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 
 4 1 1 2 2 3 1 4 
 3 1 2 2 1 3 2 4 
 2 1 3 2 2 3 1 4 
 2 1 3 2 2 3 1 4

Once I get some more time, I'll write up an explanation. ⍨

Python (2.x), 81 80 characters

l='1'
exec"print l;l=''.join(`l.count(k)`+k for k in sorted(set(l)))\n"*input()

All tips or comments welcome!

usage: python peapattern.py
15 # enter the number of iterations
1
11
21
1112
3112
211213
312213
212223
114213
31121314
41122314
31221324
21322314
21322314
21322314

J, 60 46 39 26 characters

1([:,(#,{.)/.~@/:~)@[&0~i.

Edit 3: Came up with a much nicer way of expressing this.

1([:;[:|."1[:/:~~.,.[:+/"1[:~.=)@[&0~i.

Edit 2: Finally found a way to move the argument to the end of the sequence and get rid of the unnecessary assignment stuff.

Previously:

p=.3 :'([:,[:|."1[:/:~~.,.[:+/"1[:~.=)^:(i.y)1

Edit 1: Fixes the output which should be y rows rather than the yth row. Also shortens things a bit. Shame about the 0s, can't seem to get rid of the damn things.

Usage:

   1([:,(#,{.)/.~@/:~)@[&0~i. 1
1

   1([:,(#,{.)/.~@/:~)@[&0~i. 6
1 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 0 0 0
2 1 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 2 0 0
3 1 1 2 0 0
2 1 1 2 1 3

   1([:,(#,{.)/.~@/:~)@[&0~i. 10
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
2 1 1 2 1 3 0 0
3 1 2 2 1 3 0 0
2 1 2 2 2 3 0 0
1 1 4 2 1 3 0 0
3 1 1 2 1 3 1 4

Admittedly the usage is uglier now, but prettiness isn't the name of the game here...