This is the heel flap -- the leg is complete and you do the flap for the heel before picking up stitches to go into the foot part...
Beth taught us that the best way to do a pair of socks is on two sets of needles, to do the leg of one sock, then the leg of the other, then the heel of one sock then the heel of the other, so that when you get to the exciting part (the toe!!) because you're almost done that you do the toe of one and then the toe of the other and you have a finished pair! Rather than doing the toe and then realizing that you have to start the other sock from scratch -- apparently some people have lots of socks where they have only the one sock knit because they never cast on the second one...
So here's both pairs ready for the last class where we learned to do the toe...
And lastly here's the finished product -- the toes are a bit wonky because of my twisted stitch -- but I soon learned how to correct that -- and in the second pair where I was still working in my twisted stitch (before Beth re-taught me how to knit) Beth helped me figure out that I just needed to slide several stitches from one needle to the next before starting the toe to have a straight toe even with the twisted knitting...
So now you can see why I am obsessed -- how COOL are these socks!!! Don't even ask how much they cost -- it's like those MasterCard commercials... Cider Moon hand-dyed yarn... $$$, two sets Ebony double pointed needles (the Cadillac of needles)... $$$$, Basic Socks class.... $$$ .... Kristen's happiness... PRICELESS.