I knit these socks two at a time by Magic Loop.

I cast on 20 stitches using Judy’s Magic Cast On and then continued knitting the toe increases as per the pattern until I reached a total of 64 stitches.

For the foot I placed markers after the first 2 and before the last 3 stitches on the instep needle to mark the center 27 stitches for the Zigzag Panel with Diamonds stitch pattern (from Lace & Eyelets 250 stitches to knit), which is a multiple of 9 stitches and 28 rows. I continued the foot, gusset, and heel of the socks as per the pattern knitting the center 27 instep stitches in the Zigzag and Diamonds pattern and the rest in stockinette. I knit the heels using the Eye of Partridge stitch.

On the first round after completing the heel I decreased one stitch in the center of the heel needle, and shifted the first 2 and the last 3 stitches of the instep needle to the heel needle (the 5 stockinette stitches outside of the markers) so that I had 27 stitches (3 pattern repeats) on the instep needle and 36 stitches (4 pattern repeats) on the heel needle. From that point on I worked the Zigzag Panel with Diamonds stitch pattern all the way around the leg.

I worked a total of 6 full repeats of the stitch pattern (about 3 1/2 of which above the heel). I then began the ribbing, increasing 1 stitch on the instep needle to bring my total stitch count back up to 64. I worked 12 rounds of 2x2 ribbing and bound off using Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off.