Peacock socks, my most fun pair yet

I knit my tenth pair of socks from the “peacock” color in an animal series by Opal.  The yarn comes in a 100g ball.  The miracle of the ball is that the color bands in the two socks came out identical, from cuff to toe.  I used the easy open rib pattern for the leg and instep:

Rnds 1, 2, 3: *K2, P2*

Rnd 4: *YO, SSK, K2, P2*

As it happens, the socks sport a double bird motif.  Besides being the peacock color, I learned that the heel flap stitch I always use is called “eye of partridge.” It makes a strong, tight, interesting-looking heel flap.  The stitch is:

R 1: *Sl 1 pwise wyib, K1* Repeat

R 2: Sl 1 pwise wyif, P across

Whoops: This has been corrected to read Sl 1 pwise wyib for R 1. It originally read “wyif.”