A truly original look at footwear by designer Charles Gandy, The Embellished Sock, Knitted Art for the Foot will give you fun pictures to look at and projects to try! Ruffles, ripples, loops, snakes and tulips are some of the fanciful decorations you’ll find in this book, as well as tips and photo tutorials for techniques like Kitchener grafting and a Crocheted Provisional Cast-On.
The 18 sock patterns are accompanied by finishing tips and You Tube videos to make sure knitters succeed at these over-the-top footwear projects.
One lucky winner will receive a copy of this book, courtesy of Acorn Creek Press and Charles Gandy.
To enter, please comment on any pattern from the book, or any of Charles Gandy’s other patterns.
Winner will be picked by Random Number Generator this Monday evening, July 30th.
Are you gearing up for the Ravellenics? Team Knitcircus is still accepting new members if you’d like to join the fun!


I like the Dread Socks. thanks for the giveaway! gussek on Ravelry
Wowzers! Those are some amazing patterns. I really like the ripples socks.
Winter Wonderland is my favorite.
Love the snake in the grass one…
I love the Tiptoe Through the Tuli0ps socks, dont’ know how comfortable they’d be though!
What fun patterns! I love the snake in the grass. Not sure I can imagine wearing them, but they sure are cute!
How fun would it be to wear these sock???? I like the “Pebbles” and “Winter Wonderland” socks. I am very strangely drawn to the “Dreadsox” (LOVE THE NAME).
Love, love, love the Dreadsock.
“Tiptoe through the Tulips” is just beautiful!
Dread socks wow! They could go with my dreads hat.
The cover of the Embellished Sock looks really fun and eye catching.
I would never have thought of it.
I like the dread socks.
schwip on ravelry