Organic Wool Orangutan

Opal the Orangutan is ready to swing into your little one’s world with his playful spirit and big-hearted hugs. Strong yet soft, he’s the perfect buddy for exploring and snuggling up at bedtime.

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. Opal the Oranguntan 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, they use GOTS-certified, AZO- and cadmium-free, non-toxic alternatives. All the wool is 100% Kenyan, organic and from their local region. 

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

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.