How long does it take to read The Official Knit-a-Dress-a-Day Knitting Book?
Joan Rattner Heilman
The Official Knit-a-Dress-a-Day Knitting Book by Joan Rattner Heilman takes about 2 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 22 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1968. 129 pages, about 35,475 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Learn to knit dresses and sweaters using very large (US size 35-50) knitting needles. FROM THE BACK COVER: On August 27, 1967 THIS WEEK Magazine ran a story about the amazing new method of Instant Knitting with great big one inch needles and offered its readers instructions for making five quick dresses. The response was overwhelming—a deluge of requests from two million women. Now here is the Complete Instant Knitting Handbook that Two Million Women have been asking for • More styles • Latest fashions • Easy-to-follow illustrated instructions There is nothing hard about learning the Instant Knitting technique. The Young Set especially will find it a quick boon to its clothing needs. Skilled knitters will welcome it as a professional shortcut to knitting success. A special beginner’s guide shows novice knitters how to start knitting instantly—and we do mean instantly.
Subjects: Knitting, Knitting, patterns, Patterns, Sweaters
