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Happy Earth Day from Cambodia Knits!

Today is Earth Day, the world largest environmental movement, it is a day of political action and civic participation. People march, sign petitions, plant trees, clean up their towns and roads. In Cambodia, the rapid economic and population growth is leading to significant environmental pollution. Economic development activities have generated major...

Looking for a passionate Marketing Research Intern!

October 15, 2018

Are you a marketing student or recent graduate? Looking for an internship to get more work experience? Want to join a passionate team working to empower women in Cambodia? Then come and join us! We’re looking for a marketing intern (2-3 months) to help us research a new opportunity,...

Looking for a passionate Marketing Research Intern!

Team Building Friday Fun

August 31, 2018

Taking time out from regular work day busy-ness and reflecting on how we work together is important in any organization. We’re committing the last Friday of every month to spend a couple hours together to “build our team”. As we are three brands sharing a workspace and often collaborating...

Welcome to Chenda!

August 24, 2018

We’re very happy to welcome our new Accounting and Admin Assistant, Chenda. Chenda started working with us last week and has quickly become a part of the headquarters family. Here’s a brief introduction to our newest staff member. Tell us a bit about your background: I was born in...

We’re Hiring!

Do you want to join a fun and relaxed team? Want to work for a company having a positive impact for women in Cambodia? Love accounting and are eager to develop yourself and your skills? We are currently looking for an amazing Accounting and Administrative Assistant based in Phnom Penh headquarters....

Sponsor a Knitter. Create Change.

February 13, 2018

Em Samoeun (55) Cambodia has a long tradition of producing handmade crafts, however the rural families that produce them are among the country’s most impoverished. Cambodia Knits aims to combat this background by working to increase income and employment opportunities in marginalized communities, training locals to produce high quality,...

Cambodia Knits launches a Kickstarter campaign

October 18, 2013

We’re launching a new product line at Cambodia Knits and we need your help. After discovering 100% cotton yarn in delicious colours, but too thin to knit with, we decided to cross over into crochet. Although we are Cambodia Knits, we believe in staying flexible and making the best...

Training at Trapeang Anh Chan

October 17, 2013

Since September 20th, CK staff and knitters have been training at the relocation site at Trapeang Anh Chan (TAC). They have been teaching knitting and crochet skills to up to 25 participants. There are a core group of 15 that attend regularly and will likely join the CK team...

Knitted Hippos Take over Italy

October 8, 2013

A gang of hippos recently took a trip to Italy and boy, oh boy, did they have a great time! Check out the photos to see just what they got up to… ...

Yarn donation from Australia

CK would like to send out a big thank you to Ms. Kim Coogan, who brought over a large donation of yarn from Australia this past week. She lugged several kilograms of yarn for us from Tasmania in her suitcase, all of which we can make use of. We...

We're hiring

Cambodia Knits is looking for an Accountant/Stock person. Do you have the right skill and interest in helping provide employment in poor communities? Have a look at the Job Description and send your CV and cover letter to info@cambodiaknits.com.Click here to download. Deadline is March 29, 2013....

We're hiring

We’ve moved

October 19, 2012

Cambodia Knits has moved office. We’re still inside of Netpro Cambodia and you can find us at House 116, Street 113. We’re just across the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum, almost opposite the former entrance gate. You can find us by looking for the bright orange gate....

Fun Knitting Pattern for Sale

Introducing our first ever knitting pattern: Twitter. Designer Thelma Egberts contacted us a few month ago and offered us this pattern to sell and raise money for Cambodia Knits. Thelma is known in the knitting world for her very popular Dead Fish Hat, which was featured on Knitty and...

Magnet Dolls

Last year, our friend and supporter, Veronica Sherman, asked us to re-design our monkeys to include long legs and magnetic arms. With her guidance, we developed the long leg monkeys which were only available for sale with bags, also of her design. The magnet monkeys proved to be very...

Onabee in Melbourne

We haven’t posted this earlier, but since February, CK finger puppets have been available in Melbourne. The wonderful Fiona Burnes visited our workshop back in January and gave a crochet lesson to our staff. She loved the finger puppets she decided to stock them at her cute store in...

Another new shop for CK

For all of you in Phnom Penh who like taking a walk along the Riverside, we now have a store selling CK products just there. Welcome to the CK family V Silk. The shop sells a variety of silks and other made in Cambodia products. It’s at House #221...

Happy Silk

Announcing a new sales locations for CK goodies: Happy Silk. Happy Silk is located on Street 178, just down from the Riverside and around the corner from the FCC. So you can get yourself a handful of finger puppets before heading upstairs for a drink while watching the sunset...

Congratulations to one of our knitters

Last week I visited the Kilometer 7 community where four of our very first knitters live. Since the week before, Rony and Tyna have been working from home and we wanted to assess what their working conditions were like at home. I was particularly worried about lighting and wanted...

Happy Pre Schoolers!

February 22, 2011

Last year, a friend who had visited the workshop, showed our finger puppets to the director of the pre school where she worked in Australia. The school director decided to buy a CK finger puppet for every student in the school as a present. Below are a couple photo...

February 22, 2011

We ordered more than 100 finger puppets for Christmas presents for our preschool students. Leo was absolutely delighted to unwrap the pig from Santa as you can see! I have had many families tell me how wonderful the puppets are, and how happy they were to receive a present...

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