Right. so this is the thing.
There will be 9 sets of dropped stitches

1. 20 rows ribbing - super loose
2. 8 rows to prep for future dropped stitches tighten a good bit every 2nd row so it’s a decent tension
3. 16 rows then drop 5 to 3
4. 16 rows then drop 4 to 4
5. 16 rows then drop 3 to 5
6. 16 rows then drop 2 to 6

Somewhere in there I wanna do the heel
maybe after 6.
so I like the progression I did for the black pair. Since I like STHs I need to think about where the dropped stitches are placed. Maybe at the heel I’ll go 1 drop to 7 plain. Yeah.
OK then, 1/3 of 72 is 24, that’s space for 3 or 4 drops depending on how I do it.

This is already WAAAAy to complicated but I will persist!

I need to stare at my cylinder.

OK, I have a hem, now what?

ETA: interesting experiment in what not to do.