The Japanese word tawashi means ‘scrubbing’. Tawashi are eco-friendly, easy to make pot scrubbers made from acrylic yarn. Amazingly good at cleaning dishes, ththese cute fruit will brighten up your kitchen and save on soap, too!

A collection of adorable tawashi and amigurumi patterns.

The Japanese word ‘tawashi’ means ‘scrubbing’. Tawashi are pot scrubbers made from acrylic yarn, which are amazingly good at cleaning dishes - brightening up your kitchen and saving on soap.

Brighten your kitchen and wash up in style with this collection of sea creatures.

Tightly closed buds swell and grow fuzzy before bursting into glorious leaf in this small triangular shawl, which works up quickly in worsted-weight yarn. Featuring a tab cast-on with a decorative edging and spine, twisted stitches, and double yarnovers, the airy columnar edging is worked on both sides. Inset leaves add a finishing touch and a s...

Using a single skein of sock yarn, Spring Leaf is a long crescent scarf/shawlette with a lace body, a decorative edging and spine, and a leaf-and-fan border which works well with self-striping or variegated yarns.

This booklet contains patterns for 8 Irish crochet motifs inspired by Doctor Who, along with directions for creating a cosy shawl with central Irish Lace panel, which should keep you warm if the Doctor comes knocking and whisks you off while you’re still in your nightie.

Inspired by the badges of Knightly orders, Chevalier is suited to the intermediate-to-advanced knitter. Cables, twists, smocked and embossed stitches give a richness of textural detail, while openwork rib, basketweave mesh, and traditional lace stitches give lightness as well as warmth. The unusual scooped-out half circle shape drapes prettily a...

Beginning with a simple lace pattern, and taking inspiration from Japanese temple architecture, Lotus is a richly textured half-octagon shawl that will stay comfortably on your shoulders. The shawl, knitted top-down, features sweeping lace ‘petals’, reverse stockinette panels and nupps which give textural interest, and a knit-as-you-...

A face-flattering slouchy tam with an intricate Celtic-knot snowflake design.

Named for a species of clematis, this shoulder shawl knits up quickly in a worsted weight yarn. Increases on every row give a highly wearable shape, with extra long points and a slight crescent curve. Reverse stockinette, delicate cabled vines and 3-dimensional leaves give lots of texture to the body of the scarf without adding bulk, while a dee...