Tiny needles, sock yarn, and my favorite feet…I hope that he likes them! (BTW, he says he prefers shorter socks, like ankle length…this boy is a knitting MIL’s dream, to be sure! Love him!)

Details:
Magic loop, I cast on 84 sts for these. (12 st patt rep)
Ribbing 8 rows. Then into pattern for 22 rows.
Heel on 42, pick up gussett sts on row 23 & 24, start counting pattern rows at “1” again as decreases begin on odd rows.
With each 12 rows, narrow patterned portion of instep by 6 sts each side until the instep is all stockinette…
Work to 88 rows, then decrease to 14+14 and graft closed.