CHUKECO is a Yorkshire based company created by Swiss mum Heike Cavallo-Swift. The idea of designing bamboo hand knitted clothes for babies came from a search for soft, natural and unique clothes for her baby daughter when she suffered from eczema. Most available hats and scarves are knitted from wool or cotton – the first being too harsh for young, sensitive skin and the second one often containing high levels of pesticides and chlorine which all aggravate the common condition.
Bamboo is extremely soft, temperature regulating and naturally free from pesticides as it is antibacterial making the ideal material for babies’ sensitive skin. The other great thing about it is once your baby grows out of it, you can compost the item of clothing! You will probably choose to keep it... but if you so desire, it is 100% biodegradable!