Second pair! These were much easier than my first try, for a couple of reasons: I picked up the four cuff stitches on a spare dpn every time I needed to make the gathers, rather than try to fiddle them individually, and also the yarn was much springier than the acrylic/cotton/wool blend before. Warmer, too. (I’ve never used it before, now I want to buy it by the TON.)

The G is done in duplicate stitch from the heel chart for Go Gryffindor by Karen S. Lauger