Overview
I originally was going to make a different, more complex sock pattern. However, as the tonal green yarn I had already wounded had proven many times to not be an ideal small textured-specific details sock yarn, I decided to go a totally different direction. This is my idea of a basic sock - no real texture, just some 3x3 cables.

Specifics

Yarn:
Fingering weight superwash yarn
I used Penny Lane Yarns

Needles:
US 1.5 2.5 mm, in preferred method for knitting on small circumferences
I used 32 inch needles for magic loop

Gauge:
This is a fingering weight project
16 sts by 25 sts in 2 inches with gauge needles, blocked, in stockinette

Sizes:
Three sizes 1(2)3
Size 1 is 56 sts (7 inches 17.8 cm circumference, blocked)
Size 2 (sample size) is 64 sts (8 inches 20.3 cm circumference, blocked)
Size 3 is 72 sts (9 inches 22.3 cm circumference, blocked)