Why should you choose bamboo?
"Soft as a teddy bear, cool as a popsicle and allows for free play - without jeopardizing the children's future."
To begin with, it should be promoted that bamboo is a grass (actually the fastest growing plant on earth!) that reaches its maximum height of around three meters after just three months. This means that bamboo as a resource requires a relatively small area to be able to produce large amounts of material. The fact that bamboo is water-bearing also means that its cultivations do not need to be irrigated to a greater extent. Furthermore, bamboo cultivations require neither spraying nor artificial fertilization, while the bamboo itself actually converts carbon dioxide into oxygen.
Today's bamboo resources come primarily from plantations, which means that production itself is not a threat to biodiversity in China. The pandas' favorite food in the wild is therefore safe. Bamboo is also known to improve the soil where it is grown. In other words, bamboo is a natural material completely free of chemical additives and therefore a sustainable material choice for children's clothing - good, right?! We at Geggamoja are therefore very proud of our bamboo collection and look forward to continuing to contribute to a green future through sustainable production methods and environmentally friendly material choices.
How is bamboo fabric made?
The inside of the bamboo stem is rich in fiber and is very suitable for making fabric. When producing bamboo fabric for our clothes, a mechanical process is used. This means that the bamboo stem is crushed under high temperature and natural enzymes are used so that the bamboo fibers can be combed out, and then spun into yarn. The process is very similar to that required to produce linen fabric from flax and hemp.
4 benefits of bamboo & its unique properties
1. Soft material - Bamboo is an incredibly soft and gentle material against your child's skin.
2. Moisture wicking function - Thanks to its moisture-wicking function and good breathability, bamboo material also helps regulate body temperature. Compared to cotton, bamboo clothing also has a higher absorption capacity and dries faster. Therefore, bamboo garments are very suitable as layer 1 such as innerwear or underwear.
3. Easy stain removal - Bamboo is naturally antibacterial, which simplifies the removal of stains on garments.
4. Eco-friendly material - Bamboo is a renewable resource and includes pesticide-free growing methods, making it a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative for children's clothing.
Geggamoja's bamboo fabric is a mix of 67% bamboo, 26% organic cotton and 6% elastane. The fabrics are manufactured in factories that are Öko-Tex Certified, which means that all garments in our bamboo collection carry this label with pride. Geggamoja's designs are made by Hanna and Anna outside Stockholm and factories with good working conditions in Turkey are responsible for the production of our bamboo collections. Discover our range of clothing and bedding sets in bamboo here!
Bamboo is a natural material, which means that it can cause pilling when rubbed, just like wool and cashmere garments. Since we at Geggamoja do not use chemicals in our clothing production to counteract this, we recommend that you use a wool or cashmere comb or a pilling remover to gently remove pilling.
Care instructions
Wash your bamboo clothes and bedding at 30 degrees. Preferably with a gentle detergent and no fabric softener. Do not use the dryer either, but instead let the clothes and bedding dry themselves. In order for bamboo products to keep their shape, it is beneficial to let them dry as flat as possible. Wash thoughtfully and do not throw away bamboo clothes and bedding that do not need to be washed. For example, a stain can be spot-washed instead of running an entire washing machine program. This way, your bamboo products last longer while you contribute to the environment by saving both energy and water.
What is bamboo viscose? - Nothing for us
There is also a less environmentally friendly and chemical process for producing bamboo fabric, called the viscose method. This method involves boiling bamboo leaves and shoots in strong chemical solvents and then bleaching them in several stages. These production methods also pose potential health risks for manufacturers and environmental damage, which means that the viscose method is neither considered environmentally nor socially justifiable. Geggamoja's bamboo products therefore do not consist of bamboo viscose and are manufactured without applying the viscose method.