{"product_id":"tsuwano-knitting-pattern-by-sarah-barbour","title":"Tsuwano","description":"\u003cp\u003eTsuwano was the first place I visited by myself when I moved to Japan (had to figure out the trains and everything). It's a charming little town, small enough to tour by rented bicycle. Large, colorful carp swim in the waterways along the old-fashioned streets. There are two Catholic churches (something of a rarity in Japan) and a beautiful Shinto shrine at the top of a hill that you reach only after passing through a thousand bright red tori gates. The town is known for its traditional paper; the stores are full of beautiful papercrafts and you can visit a small factory to see paper made much the same way it's been for several hundred years. And, most unusually, you can ride a steam locomotive there and back from the main train line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI kept thinking nostalgically of Tsuwano while I was knitting this scarf, maybe because the scarf, like the town, is so small and so simple yet—if I do say so myself—charming and memorable. It can be worn as an infinity loop, a cowl or a traditiona\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independent Designer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56747232526714,"sku":"UPID39253","price":3.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/3219\/4170\/files\/1471d3631aa7372907d31adb0a290a07d2596b24_UPID39253_172840377329969.jpg?v=1775878016","url":"https:\/\/www.lovecrafts.com\/en-gb\/products\/tsuwano-knitting-pattern-by-sarah-barbour","provider":"LoveCrafts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}