Literature lovers candecorate bookshelves, proclaim a love of reading, and show off crafting skills with adorable amigurumi crocheted characters that are simple to make and impossible to resist!All that's needed are a few readily available materials and beginner crochet skills, and soon you'll be hanging out with your favorite characters from classic literature-including: . Elizabeth Bennet (Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice) .White Rabbit (Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) .Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) .Ebenezer Scrooge (Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol) .Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan (F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby) .Quasimodo and Esmerelda (Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) .Captain Ahab and Moby Dick (Herman Melville's Moby Dick) .Anne Shirley (Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables) Literary Yarns features adorable characters that grace the pages of 25 classic novels, plays, and storybooks. Make them for your friends, decorate your house with them, or use them as pretty much the cutest action figures you can imagine. The materials are readily available and the techniques are straightforward for stitchers who crochet at least at a basic level.

Cindy Wang is a healthcare professional by day and a crochet ninja by night. She blogs at geekyhooker.wordpress.com, where she is known for amigurumi superheroes, movie characters, monsters, and more.

Featuring 22 crocheted dolls drawn from 16 beloved novels and plays, this easy-to-follow craft book is perfect for bibliophiles and crafters of all skill levels.

Literature lovers can decorate bookshelves, proclaim a love of reading, and show off crafting skills with adorable amigurumi, sweet crocheted characters that are simple to make and impossible to resist! All that's needed are a few readily available materials and beginner crochet skills, and soon you'll be hanging out with your favorite characters from classic literature. Take tea with a charming Elizabeth Bennet. Decorate the Christmas tree with a grumpy Ebenezer Scrooge. Solve mysteries with the help of a pocket-sized Sherlock Holmes. Bring Prince Hamlet to a play. And just try to keep Huck Finn out of trouble!