Bobby socks

G'day, and here's wishing everyone a totally maaaarvellous Wednesday!
Hey, new pair of bobby socks (yay).  These look identical to the previous white cotton socks I put up here, but they are very slightly different.  I appreciate not different to the casual observer, probably not even the astute observer, so I will explain.  The rib section is about 50% longer and there is no stocking stitch spacer before starting to shape the heel.  Yah, teensy variation, I did give warning.  I think I like the other one better, only because I find rib a bit of a drag.  In fact all-round with regard to these socks, my verdict is that knitting with cotton is a drag, full stop.  I prefer wool a hundred times over.  Knitting up cotton is tiring, one's hand muscles soon ache due to the lack of stretch in the yarn.  Hmmm.  Committed as I am to producing as much of my wardrobe as possible including sockies, knitting these white cotton numbers feels...  dutiful, as opposed to vaguely luxurious, which is how I feel when I'm working through a particularly yummy coloured ball of wool.  Yowzer, do I even have time for this craziness?  Sadly it seems I do...
In summary: quick to produce, bread-and-butter basics, no fun factor.


Details:
Ankle socks; adapted from the Ladies sockettes in Paton's knitting book C11 (a circa 1960's publication), knitted in Rowan cotton glace 100% cotton, shade 726