Shadow U-knit?
Oh, why didn't I think of that?

(runs off to change the group's name)
As long as those of us who crochet instead of knit are allowed in...

(Am working on my first pair of crocheted socks; so far, am quite happy with what's being built...) (Between crochet-rather-than-knit, and not being able to use wool, finding a sock pattern and yarn I liked was... interesting.)