Inspired by the Dead Simple Lace pattern (and others that look like it), but following the principles in Donna Druchunas’s Craftsy class “Knit Original Toe-up Socks.” Using a version of the lace st patt in the Dead Simple pattern that has 4 k sts between each set of 2 eyelets.

Short-row toe + heel using German double-stitch short-row turn. (Start tutorial at 0:50 to skip preamble.) (Another video from that same person says that when substituting German short rows for w&t, you should work one extra stitch before turning. I can’t decide if that makes sense, and I couldn’t find that instruction anywhere else, so I decided to ignore it and just proceed by turning at the same place where I would for w&t or YO short rows.) (Afternote: I think that instruction is right: work one more stitch before turning. I turned at the “usual” places while working German short rows, and I ended up not working all the stitches as expected. That one extra stitch would have made the difference.)

Used long-tail provisional CO. Worked short rows until I had 14 sts left. At that point, I marked the 2 outer sts of the 14 so I could work a couple of rows across before beginning the next set of short rows (getting longer). (This was something Donna mentioned in a comment in her Craftsy class, so I thought I would try it.) I worked across the row, knitting the double sts together. Then I worked all the way back, purling the double sts together, and worked back to where I was when I marked the sts. Then I proceeded with the increasing short rows: k 1 st beyond marker, turn, work st (double st as per German short rows), work to 1 st past marker, turn… Continue, working 1 st past each double stitch until done short rows.

Cuff: 2x1 ribbing with 2.25 mm needle. BO with JSSBO.