Seaweed Lace Socks

These are made with Lorna's Laces Shepard Sock in Blackberry. I found this lace stitch in the most recent issue of Interweave magazine. It repeats over 8 stitches but the first 2 are purl stitches, so it's really ribbed lace.

I realized that there wasn't any reason why I couldn't do an odd number of repeats and then adjust the stitch count during the gusset decreases. I could have worked the top of the foot over fewer stitches than the sole since lace is very stretchy but I would've had to increase the stitch count before starting the toe and I couldn't think of a way to do that for this particular lace stitch. 

I cast on 72 stitches on size 2.0 needles, did 12 rows of  2/2 ribbing and then 9 repeats of the lace stitch. When I divided the stitches for the heal, I held 34 stitches, starting and ending with 2 purl stitches for the top of the sock and worked the remaining 38 for the heal flap, and then decreased to 34 stitches for the sole.