Dickensian Mice

Pattern by Alan Dart, published by SIRDAR

Available here

This booklet has only four pages of patterns, because all the mice are made up of two types of basic body, and then the clothes are what makes the mice different from each other. There are directions for 12 mice, but you can easily make up even more.

Irresistible gifts to knit

Edited by Debora Bradley, published in 2008

No longer available

All patterns by British toy designer Alan Dart. This is a collection of 12 patterns originally designed for the magazine Simply Knitting. Since the book is no longer available, the individual patterns will be posted on Alan Dart's website. The book has patterns both for single character projects, like the mother hen with chicks, a hedgehog with a hot-water bottle ready for hibernation, and a pirate with a parrot. There are also larger sets, such as the Noah's Ark, lots of farmyard animals and a nativity set. 

My favorite pattern is the Noah's Ark: