Warm & toasty Briggs socks! Much needed for NL winters.

-german twisted CO 42 sts
-work 50 rounds of : k2, p1

Heel flap (20 sts)
-work 16 rows, slipping the first & last stitch of each RS row purlwise
-r.17 (heel flap): sl1wyb, work in pattern to last stitch, sl1wyb

Heel turn
-p13 sts, p2tog; turn work
-sl1, k6, ssk; turn work
r.1: sl1, p to 1 st before gap; p2tog; turn work
r.2: sl1, k to 1 st before gap; ssk; turn work
-repeat r.1 + r.2 until all sts have been worked
-8 heel sts remain

Shape Gusset
-pick-up 10 sts along heel flap; work across held instep sts; pick-up 10 stitches along other side of heel flap
-place marker in center of heel sts. This is new BOR maker
r.0 - knit picked up sts tbl; work instep sts in pattern; knit picked up sts tbl
r.1 - knit to 3 sts before instep; k2tog; k1 work in pattern across instep; k1, ssk
r.2 - knit 1/2 heel +gusset sts; work insteps sts in pattern; knit gusset sts + remaining 1/2 heel sts
-repeat r.1+r.2 until 42 sts remain

Foot
-work 42 rounds even after completing gusset decreases
-begin toe decreases
note: beginning of round is 1/2 way point on bottom of foot

Toe (magic loop)
r.1 - k to 3 sts before end k2tog, k1; k1, ssk, knit to 3 sts before end, k2tog, k1; k1; ssk, knit to end of round
r.2 - knit 1 round even
-repeat r.1 & r.2 until 16 sts remain