15 Bear Puppet

クマ kuma, Japanese for bear

“Tawashi” are various types of scrubbers which could be used to clean dishes, windows, and other household items.

Pattern is Japanese but fully charted using standard crochet symbols.

Hook: Japanese size 7.5/0 = 4.5mm, between US G-6 (4.0mm) and US H-8 (5.0mm).

Yarn (Hamanaka Bonny):
Natural 生成り (442) 35g
Globeflower Yellow 山吹色 (433) small amount
Red 赤 (429) small amount
Dark Pink 濃ピンク (465) small amount
Black 黒 (402) small amount