Organic Wool Giraffe

Meet Gerald the Giraffe—a bold and lovable buddy made from soft, organic wool. Our Wool Knit Buddies are the perfect companion for your baby or toddler as they explore the great big world around them and the softest protector to snuggle with at bedtime. Gerald was lovingly hand-knit by artisans in a women’s collaborative in Kenya, with both community and the environment at heart. The wool is crafted from carefully selected organic, natural fibers, dyed with locally sourced, eco-friendly dyes. Where local dyes aren't available, we use GOTS-certified, AZO- and cadmium-free, non-toxic alternatives. To ensure the highest quality, all products are washed at the workshop to fully set the dyes and prevent shrinkage—so your little one can enjoy Gerald in perfect, lasting comfort.

This Wool Knit Buddies are the perfect companion for your baby or toddler as they explore the great big world around them and the softest protector to snuggle with at bedtime. 

Each animal is handmade so slight differences should be expected and cherished as one of a kind. Picture is just a representation.

Founded in 1998 in Njoro, Kenya; Kenana Knitters was set up by Patricia Nightingale to to help rural women find some much needed form of income using their spinning and knitting skills. Kenana Knitters was founded on the premise of “changing lives stitch by stitch.”

The primary purpose of Kenana is to support women in the local community, by directly providing them with a source of income, thus enabling them to improve the quality of their own lives as well as those of their extended families. Kenana Knitters is dedicated to supporting the local community by empowering over 300 rural Kenyan women to knit a brighter future for themselves and their families. 

Currently, Kenana supports over 300 knitters as well as over 200 spinners who hand spin the wool into yarn using recycled bicycle wheels made into spinning wheels.

Knitting is ideal within the local community as it requires minimal equipment and can be done in snatches of times within the context of their daily lives.