I adapted this pattern to substitute Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel. I made a 60-stitch sock and reduced the pattern repeats on the instep.

Specifically, I knit toe-up with the pattern centered on 22 stitches on the instep, and the remainder used for the heel. I knit 2 1/2 wedges for the heel, then rearranged the stitches so that 28 were on the instep and 32 on the back of the leg. (This avoided having to slide stitches across needles to do the ssk and k2tog.)

P.S. This yarn has tremendous stitch definition!