I have always seen the possibility of this pattern in a heel flap. The construction however has until now eluded me. But, it just had to be made, and it had to be made flat, at least part of it. Also in the, for me, new and strange method of intarsia, at least part of it. It was a great learning experience for me, both in knitting and in pattern designing.

The socks are knitted flat using intarsia where the sock and shoe coexist, with the toe knit in the round. Use a fun stripey or variegated yarn for the sock part and for the shoe part, a color you have always wanted a pair of shoes in.