After playing around with this pattern on hats, I decided to use it for some socks. I chose the most basic one, with a single traveling stitch faux cable pattern, rather than the doubles or zig-zags. I really like it, mostly because it doesn’t pull in as much as a typical cable does. I also really like the yarns-they came together from tôt le matin, and I think they did an excellent job of choosing a contrasting color. There’s just enough of the contrast yarn to do a short cuff, toe and heel, though I can’t make as deep/wide of a heel or as much ribbing as I’d normally do.
I ended up doing k2 p1 ribbing on the cuff, so that it would naturally lead into 5 stitch wide cables with a single purl stitch between. Normally I use k2 p2 ribbing, as it is the most stretchy, with the theory that more stretchy ribbing will help keep the sock up while wearing it. I had a really hard time remembering that I wasn’t doing my standard k2p2 ribbing, as each time I cast on for these socks I was doing other things, and I ended up having to rip out a few rows each time because I forgot the plan!