Knit your own Parting Ways Socks using these clearly-written instructions by knitwear designer Jackie E-S of HeartStrings FiberArts.

Parting Ways Socks are dressy socks with a swirling eyelet rib pattern. The ribbing pattern parts ways at the juncture of heel and instep with a column of the pattern extending downward on each side of a modified square heel while the top of the foot continues in the ribbing pattern.