Everyone loves a good fairy tale. The lively characters, the fast-moving plots, the happy endings . . .

Fairy Tale Knits offers six classic tales with a line-up of 20 characters to make, from Little Red Riding Hood and her wolf to the Three Bears. You’ll also find a choice of heroines, including independent-minded Goldilocks, resourceful Gretel and kind-hearted Beauty. And of course they’re matched with a line-up of worthy partners such as Rapunzel’s prince and the enchanted Beast. Plus there’s a selection of witches, each properly hideous in her woolly way, and some electrifyingly Ugly Sisters, for whom every day is a bad hair day.

Alongside the patterns, every knit is presented within his or her original story, amusingly retold and illustrated, so that the stories can be read at bedtime.

Knit the toys, read the tales and find yourself transported straight back into childhood, where good was good, bad was bad and there was nothing surprising about a wolf in a nightgown, or three little pigs turning architect.