I had a plan in my head, and that was to make the loudest pair of socks I could. Busy yarn with a complicated pattern. I think I succeeded! It’s Absinthe in Felici in the colorway Dragonboat. About a decade ago I attempted this pattern in a clingy single-ply Zauberball that I never finished (don’t even remember what I did with the frogged yarn, which must mean it was a bit traumatizing) but experience won out with this pair. Absinthe isn’t a super complex pattern, but if you tend to knit your socks on double-pointed needles like I do, you’ll need to switch to a circular for the gusset increase because the stitch count increases by quite a lot and I don’t think I would have realized the need for a different approach back in the day.
The stripes almost match up, which took a bit of adjusting for the second sock. The stretchy bind-off on the second sock bit into the yellow stripe which is just the cost of doing business I suppose. Fond of how these turned out. The pattern is one that stuck in my brain over the years, and I’m glad I was able to knit a pair that did it justice.