I love the Cable Twist Socks from HelloYarn, especially with Grumperina's mods.
Requisite slouchy sock on the right. :)
Knit on 0's, with Koigu KPPPM. I actually cast on 72 (using 3 purled stitches and 6 knit ones), and decreased in the purls around the 4th repeat to give my legs a little bit of ... leg room. Right.
The other thing I did that was different from anything else I've seen is that I figured out a Right Twist to go with the original left one. (I'm absolutely obsessive about mirroring my socks - Love it). So here's how:
RT - Insert needle into next two stitches as if to k2tog. When pulling up yarn back through, only pull the yarn through the first/far/right stitch and leave the left/second stitch on the needle. Thus, you'll push your needle with the yarn up between the two stitches. You'll note that this will effectively knit the first/right stitch and slip the second/left stitch back around the knit one.
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Because of the mirroring, this CANNOT be directly substituted for the LT in the pattern. Instead, you'll need to knit across the knit stitches and start with the last two, moving to the right, rather than starting with the first two on the right, moving left. I really hope that this makes sense to the knitter types.
Also note that this is not the sock. Nay, this is my husband's knitting. He's taken it up as a side-side-side hobby that we can do together once every cool day in June. Right. Regardless of frequency, it's always a treat to knit for a while with him. He's a natural at it, plus it feels good to have him making that effort to spend time with me doing something that I enjoy, even if it wasn't first on his list.
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