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GORILLA soft toy Made in Kenya

Product information "GORILLA soft toy Made in Kenya"

A hand-knitted soft toy with character: this GORILLA from Kenana Knitters was crafted stitch by stitch by a knitter in Njoro, Kenya.

Since 1998, Kenana Knitters has supported over 300 knitters in the rural village communities around Njoro. A special technique is used to produce the wool for each soft toy: recycled bicycle wheels have been converted into spinning wheels, which the knitters use to spin the wool into yarn by hand – before it is transformed, entirely by hand, into a soft toy such as this gorilla

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This gorilla’s fur is knitted using the so-called ‘moss stitch’ – a technique in which knit and purl stitches are worked alternately and in a staggered pattern. This creates a fine, slightly textured surface reminiscent of moss, giving the soft toy its distinctive, tactile appearance.

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