Beautiful top down lace socks, named after a quote from Spike from Buffy The Vampire Slayer:

“The bird’s dead, Dru. You left it in the cage, and you didn’t feed it, and now it’s all dead, just like the last one. Oh, I’m sorry, baby. I’m a bad rude man. I just don’t like you going out and all. You are weak. Would you like a new bird? One that’s not dead?”

Errata: There is an error in Round 5 of the written instructions. I will update the pattern as soon as possible, and send an update. Round 5 should be:

Round 5: (k1, yo, k2tog)2 times, P2, K3tog, K4, yo, K1, yo, K3, yo, K1, yo, K1, SK2P, P2, (K1, yo, K2tog)2 times.