Travel socks

I've called them "rickrack" because they're a) the pattern Rick from Cookie A's book "Sock Innovation" and b) replete with 90-degree angle turns, like rickrack ribbon.
I like the colourway. It's "shadow" from Tanis Fibre Arts, photograph a coupla days ago. It's a pleasant grey-light-blue combination.

They were great to work on while travelling. I figured out how to kitchener without a tapestry needle (because I think that will still get removed from your on-board luggage), so I was nearly done by the time I got home. They passed pleasingly quickly, especially given that I knit them throw-style because I like my socks good and tight and I know that my throw gauge is much tighter than my pick gauge.

I made this pair a couple of repeats longer than the first pair. I knew from experience that there was absolutely no reason to worry about running out of yarn. And I knew from experience that I prefer socks slightly longer than your average pattern offers.