These socks are knit top-down with a short row heel featuring a variant of a simple textured zigzag stitch pattern which extends down the leg and over the foot.

This pattern uses a standard german heel construction commonly known as double stitch short row heel or Boomerang Heel (some people refer to it as the “Regia Heel” version as it is used in the sock knitting tutorials at the website of Regia. I call it the Kylie Heel – it’s a way prettier word for boomerang, and indeed socks worked with this type of heel look just like one).

You can of course use any short row heel over 30 sts.