I’ve been slowly working away on the foot of the second sock once I finally finished the gusset decreases. One repeat of the pattern at a time, and all of a sudden, I was at the toe!
At the time I started them, I questioned the pairing of the cuff/heel/toe color with the sock colors (the speckles are a bright lime to dark olive green and a purplish-wine color), but I really like them now. Knitting them convinced me that they were pretty together.
Time to cast on another pair of socks!