Rascal Bumble Bee
$29.95
Hand-knitted Homespun Wool Bumble Bee (12cm tall)
Homespun wool, hand-knitted, bio-friendly dyes, filled with 100% new acrylic
Help raise awareness of the significance of bees and other pollinators for our survival 🐝
Bees are important to our livelihood as they help to pollinate most of the crops we eat and many feed farm animals. Nearly two-thirds of Australia’s agricultural production benefits from bee pollination. But bee populations are under threat! Destruction of their natural habitat, intensive farming practices, and pests and diseases are just some of the complex reasons driving a decline in both the number and diversity of bees. Without bees, our food security is at risk.
In stock (can be backordered)
The Kenana Knitters – 'changing lives stitch by stitch'
The Kenana Knitters’ vision is to share the stories of rural Kenyan women through their unique, hand-knitted creations. They believe it is possible to change lives, stitch by stitch.
When local Kenyan, Patricia Nightingale, founded the Kenana Knitters in 1998 with two keen knitters, they never anticipated the extent to which their passion and skill would impact their community.
Over the last 20 years, the Kenana Knitters have worked with many local ladies who were lacking a market for their homespun wool. Over time, with clever designs, the knitters transformed the yarn into unique creations. With the aim to further impact the community, Kenana Knitters taught women in the area to knit beautiful, organic cotton products using local, sustainable resources. By providing a safe, family-friendly working environment, the organisation empowers women, offering them a chance to take charge of their lives, with pride and dignity.
Today, Kenana Knitters employs and pays fair wages to over 500 knitters and spinners. The organisation sells its collections of handcrafted products locally and to countries around the world. It also provides a monthly health clinic for the women, free eye checks and glasses when needed, a savings plan, literacy, and numeracy support, and access to free electricity for phone and torch charging.
We are proud to have partnered with Kenana Down Under Pty Ltd as their Queensland distributor for Kenana Knitters Ltd.
Additional information
| Weight | 40 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 12 × 12 × 12 cm |
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