Somewhere on Youtube (?) I saw this lacy design sock and later decided I would knit those next, but I couldn't find the pattern. Looking everywhere and finally giving up, I figured I could just design my own. It wasn't difficult, using only elementary math and I was ready. Top down is not my fave way to knit socks now that I have learned toe up Turkish cast-on, but decided (why???) to do top down anyway, so I could get the lace design to center on the foot when I got down to there ( O that's why!). But then what about the heel? Oy. So I chose cut through afterthought heel again because it is my new fave. It is shown here before I cut the yarn, and I am doing it before I knit the whole sock so I can try it on and decide when to start decreases for the toe. 
After the afterthought heel is finished. I used a different yarn, more highly twisted, thus making it a bit more hardwearing.
Here's the picking out the in-between row of yarn to begin the heel. It was scary the first time I did it and the second and third too, but practice makes perfect and now it is so much easier and not scary at all. And then voila! the socks are done and ready to be steamed.
Steaming relaxes the yarn, makes the stitches look so much better and gives the socks a finished look and feel. It really improves the softness and yumminess and I am so glad I found this technique.
While the self striping doesn't match, they are coordinated and look hand knit rather than commericially knit. The yarn is Drops Fabel Print and is 75% superwash wool and 25% polyamide. I used a 2.75mm needle and cast on 48 sts.
I ordered a bunch of yarn from Drops, as they were on sale and I couldn't resist all the great colors. This lot came from Denmark and oooooh it made me happy.
NO skeins to wind and enough in one ball for a pair of socks. I intend to try colorwork and 'needed' a bunch of solid colors that I didn't have in sock weight. That's my excuse.
I feel like the challenge of lace was met. And now onto the next project.
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