First time knitting with a cotton-based sock yarn, Yarns like that often rely on a blend of Spandex or Lycra to lend the yarn elasticity which comes naturally in a wool-based sock yarn. For my Feel Good socks I used Plymouth Diversity which was a total impulse buy from Webs. You need to tension the yarn a little tighter than normal to achieve a decent fit due to the elasticity, but the pair fits pretty well.
The pattern itself is cute, but it’s a good case study as to the use of standardized knitting chart symbols. The main issue I noticed while looking at other knitter’s finished socks on Ravelry is that it’s easy to misread the pattern and knit the cuffs in stockinette stitch based lace instead of garter. In most cases, and I realize this is a huge, sweeping, generalization a knit stitch in a chart is represented by a blank square, and a purl stitch by a square with a black dot in the center. If the chart shows all rows, as the chart for this pattern does, and you are knitting back and forth, the plain rows between the lace pattern rows would be indicating knit stitches for garter based lace. However, the chart for this pattern has black dots for the pattern rows, which in most examples would indicate purl stitches for stockinette stitch. The key for the chart does indicate that the black dot symbols on the plain rows are meant to be knit on the wrong side, but if you were knitting on autopilot you might miss that and knit stockinette. Not that it matters, really, in a pair of socks as cute as these, and that’s a bit of a petty nitpick but it did trip me up. The knit-on lace edging is a pretty intriguing concept for a fold-over cuff, and I think I’ll be doing it again.