Knit-A-Dress-A-Day

I was at a place called the Wacky Bookshop on Wednesday and I found this book and had to buy it. I think that's because I thought just owning it might answer that urge down in any knitter's or for that matter any crafter's soul to work on projects that are quickly completed. The nerve of Joan Rattner, the author of this book, for even suggesting that one could possibly knit a dress in one day.


Knit-A-Dress-A-Day

Well here she is using what she terms as JUMBO JET Knitting Needles. I could complete a blanket in a day using those gargantuan needles! The images in this book are this poor by the way. They look like they were printed from old photocopies. Oh and times have changed. Maybe back in 1968 when the book was written you could complete one of these dresses in a day, but not many people now-a-days can say that they have 6 hours to devote to one single project which is the time she estimates it takes to complete one of these projects. However, it might be good a good distraction for the cottage on a rainy day.

Author- Joan Rattner

So here is a dress I actually like. I like the matching socks too. I may consider making this for Lina for the fall.

Funky Outfit

This dress isn't so bad either.

Trio

But what was the author thinking here? This is labelled the "Rich Boy Sweather" I think a rich boy could afford better. The hat, well, it's huge! Anyway there are quite a few dresses to laugh at in here.

What was she thinking?