This is the next in the series of ‘let’s try a simple pattern on the cuff and see what happens’. With these socks I slipped one out of every 6 stitches, with the yarn in front, so that if you look very closely you can see a zig-zag pattern of bars vertically along the sock. I keep being amazed at how such a small thing can really change how the yarn looks, and really break up any horizontal striping. I think this one worked really well!
The yarn is a new one for me-it’s from lolodidit. It was quite nice, and overall these socks knit up super quickly! Since the yarn came with a mini skein for the contrasting bits, I wasn’t quite sure how long I would be able to knit the cuff without running out of yarn, so I ended up doing a provisional cast on, knitting the entire sock (minus the cuff), and then coming back to knit the cuffs once I’d finished everything else on both socks. I started the cuffs with 8.5 g, and I have a tiny bit of the contrasting color left, so it all worked out perfectly!