Another Almost Finished Pair

Here is one sock:

The really sad thing is that I'd have a finished pair, but idiot that I am I messed up the gusset on the first sock. See how in the first picture below the gusset is much shorter than the second? (You can click on each photo to make it bigger.)

Somehow, I did only decrease gusset rows without the knit round between. So the gusset is much shorter than it should be and much tighter. So, I have to take the foot of the first sock back out to the gusset. *Sigh* I'd get so much more done if I did it right the first time. Oh, well.

Since I've decided that I really like heel flaps better than the after/forethought heels and short row heels, I wanted to do that on these socks, but not break up the pattern, so I used some black for the heels and toes. I wish it had been more of a charcoal like in the striping yarn, but it was true black. I think it looks okay though. The foot shouldn't take too long to re-do.