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|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=Crafts
|summary=Knit the charaacters characters and then share the stories with a child. What could be better?
|rating=4.5
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It's a lovely idea: knitting patterns for twenty fairy tale characters and a brief story to go with them. There's the pleasure of knitting the characters and then of a child playing with them alongside a story and then being able to use their imaginations to built build their own stories. Best of all, it's done without a battery or a computer/games console in sight. It's a winner all round.
You ''could'' tackle this without any prior experience of knitting as there are instructions which go right back to the basics, but I think you would be better having got the odd scarf or pair of mittens under your belt first. The patterns are not particularly complex and are well explained but some of the pieces are quite small and fiddly and most are knitted - of necessity - to produce a tighter fabric than most accomplished knitters will be used to. You don't want stuffing poking out between the stitches, now do you? The equipment you need is fairly limited and most people who've done any knitting before are likely to have it already.
The book itself is well-produced with excellent illustrations and I was pleased to see that it sat open comfortably for use as a pattern. I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
If you'd klike like a little more meat on the fairy tales then we can recommend [[My Favourite Fairy Tales by Tony Ross]].
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