"Happy Retirement Socks" for Madre

I don't know which I love more... this yarn or this pattern.
Yarn: Mountain Colors Bearfoot, "Lost Trails" (see previous post)
Needles: size 1 Addi circs (first time with Addi's... OMG nice joins)
Pattern: Rib and Cable Socks, by Nancy Bush (from Interweave Knits, Fall '05) but I'm hacking the pattern to bits. I've changed it to toe-up, short row toes and heels, added 10 sts to the width, and I'll do my own ribbing. Basically I'm just using her 10 st repeat pattern for the ribs & cables.