Crochet hook sizes
| Metric | US |
| 2.25mm | B1 |
| 2.5mm | – |
| 2.75mm | C2 |
| 3mm | – |
| 3.25mm | D3 |
| 3.5mm | E4 |
| 3.75mm | F5 |
| 4mm | G6 |
| 4.5mm | 7 |
| 5mm | H8 |
| 5.5mm | 19 |
| 6mm | J10 |
| 6.5mm | K10½ |
| 8mm | L11 |
| 9mm | M/N13 |
| 10mm | N/P15 |
| 12mm | O16 |
YARN
There is no such thing as the right yarn. The patterns in this book show colour and size of yarn. This gives you an idea of what kind of yarn you need without loudly insisting you use a particular yarn and nothing else. Your yarn is entirely up to you. For those who must create an exact replica or they’ll implode, there’s a list of some of the yarns used at the back of the book (see Suppliers). However, some projects were made from shocking label-less yarn, which I either found in the depths of my stash pile or bought from a cart pulled by a haughty Indian cow in the muggy streets of the desert city of Jaisalmer. That would be a long way to go to get the right yarn.
| UK yarn weights | US yarn weights |
| 2ply | super fine weight |
| 4ply | sport weight |
| DK | worsted |
| aran | medium weight |
| chunky | bulky weight |
| super chunky | super bulky |
| Godzilla chunky* | Godzilla bulky* |
*Please note: Godzilla-sized yarn is purely fictional. Such a shame.
Little
London Landmarks
London has building bits that are dripping with history. The landmarks may have stony faces, but underneath they’re bursting with tales to tell. Tottering past them with your camera and guidebook, you can spy hundreds of years of London’s stories built into their bricks and mortar.
Make yourself some Little London Landmarks by stitching a Baby Big Ben, a Tiny Tower Bridge and a Pint-sized Parliament Telephone Box. Employ bits of the city as bookends, doorstops, letter racks or terribly fancy pincushions. Then, if you make enough bits of the city, you can stomp about them roaring in radioactive Godzilla style. RAAAAARRRGHHHH!
BABY BIG BEN
Difficulty: London Local
Size: Approx. 25cm (10in) high
Gauge: 20 sts and 30 rows = 10cm (4in) in pattern
BONG! BONG! BONG! Big Ben is the giant bell that dwells in St Stephen’s Tower. It’s as Londony as it gets when it comes to London landmarks, and you can stitch your own with the greatest of ease. It should really be called Small St Stephen’s Tower. Baby Big Ben is wrong, but lovely to say out loud.
Unlike the real clock tower, there won’t be many tourists peering up at this one snapping photos – unless you’re desperate for your Baby Big Ben to feel giant, in which case put it on a very high shelf and invite camera-toting tourists into your house.
GUBBINS
Needles
Pair of 4mm (US size 6) needles
Yarn
25g (7/8oz) light browny-yellow DK (worsted) for tower walls
15g (½oz) dark grey DK (worsted) for roof
Small amount of any colour DK (worsted) for area under Big Ben
15g (½oz) gold DK (worsted) for clock area
