I started these a while ago. The pattern comes from a stitch encyclopedia and is called "undulating lacy ribs." It's lacy and it undulates but it's not ribbing. Let's not quibble with the name because it's a nice pattern.
This is Berroco Ultra Alpaca Lite, which is very nice but it wasn't working out for this particular pattern. It has a repeat of 9 stitches and I really wanted to work the pattern over 54 so I wouldn't have to deal with an odd number of repeats and an odd number of stitches so I frogged them and used Madelinetosh Sock in the "Lichen" colorway instead. My camera really wants to turn this purple but it's mostly green with just a little bit of purple. The colors are more saturated than they appear here.
This yarn is a little heavier so 54 stitches in a lace pattern on 2.75 needles gets me the proper gauge for socks. It's not fuzzy so the pattern is nice and crisp, although that's not apparent in the pictures. I was enjoying myself so much while knitting these that I got carried away and started the heel flap before the cuff was long enough. I didn't realize this until I'd finished the sock and tried it on so now I have to rip it back and do another repeat of the pattern.
The charting for the top of the foot took a couple of tries but I finally got it right. It's worked over 28 stitches (3 repeats +1) so the foot is worked over 2 more stitches than the cuff but it still fits fine. Also, I have lots of practice so it should go quickly when I knit it the second and third time.
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