トラ tora, Japanese for tiger
Patterns 70-81 are animals from the Chinese Zodiac.
2010 is the Year of the Metal Tiger!

“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):
Lemon レモン色 (416) 22g
Baby Pink ベビ—ピンク (405) small amount
Umber こげ茶 (419) small amount
Natural 生成り (442) small amount
Black 黒 (402) small amount