10 Wonderful Knitted Movie Characters

Zombie

Knitting ninja Hannah Simpson, who created all of these woollen wonders:

"The start of my knitting madness.

"This is my 'desert island film' in that if I were stranded on a desert island, i could recite the whole thing like a radio play, including sound effects, music and credits."

Han Solo

"Other girls might want to marry Han, but I want to be him.

"I also want to marry him.

"I'm not sure what that says about me and, come to think of it, I don't care. Just remember kids - Han shot first."

Dr Logan & Bub

"The original is a classic. Sometimes I put the soundtrack on and leave the front door open while I'm doing the washing up, just for thrills.

"The best part of the so-called remake is when Ving Rhames eats his own eyes, I know exactly how he felt."

Ash

"Ash stood half finished on my mantelpiece for the best part of a year while I worked out the logistics of knitting a tiny chainsaw.

"4000 attempts later, he was finished. When I sold him, I cried all the way to the Post Office."

Freddy Krueger

"I had a hard time trying to make Freddy Krueger look menacing.

"Then I realised it was never going to happen because Freddy Krueger is a funny idiot and to misrepresent this would be a smirch on my artistic integrity. So, voila!"