Another pair of socks

[firstfrost]

Every time I make a pair of Fiesta Feet, I get to re-derive the relationship of the directions to the real socks. (Why are the stitches divided on the needles so oddly? I think it's to make the floats behave less badly at the needle breaks, but I'm not sure. The ankle is always looser than the foot, but decreasing less on the gusset makes the top and bottom unbalanced... that sort of thing). Also, I need to keep re-learning the lesson of "make the color and the base contrast, not go together". I have a second skein of this Koigu yarn, so I'll have to waffle between pairing it with a light or dark color, not a medium grey...