Because Christmas Eve requires a cast on, no?

These are a bit longer than I usually make my socks. Because I wanted to catch the colour repeat without wasting yarn The things we do….

MC - Holly Berry, CC - cherry drop

FLK toe over 1-11-10-11-1 stitches
33 sole and 35 instep stitches
Instep: k1, 8x pattern repeat, 1 slipped stitch, k1
Knit pattern repeat 15 time straight
On row 2 start gusset increases
4 times in every 2nd row
Next CC row: FLK heel over 4-1-10-11-10-1-4
Decrease 4 times in every 3rd row
Last decrease in CC row, start pattern all around
17 pattern repeats
Next CC row: knit all stitches
Change to 2mm needle for ribbing
10 rows of 3/1 ribbing
Purl 1 row
Knit 4 rows
JSSBO