What Kind of Sock?

I've decided to go with Blackberry Ridge yarn. I've been looking at the samples; the yarn is so yummy and the colors are brillant. So now I've got to decide on the pattern. My Sock Pal likes crew socks and brillant colors. Thinking about this, I went to “Knitting on the Road” (Nancy Bush) and found the Road to Oslo pattern. This looks like the perfect solution. One problem is that the cuff is a bit too short, and I'm not too crazy about the picot edge. So, I'm going to take this idea and combine it with my own. My current thinking is to get a skein of the Kaleidoscope line, and pick a basic color and use the basic color to make the feet plain, and then use the basic along with the variegated yarn to make a fair isle pattern, and have the top coming out as 2x2 rib.