Penguin Conservation in Tasmania

The Penguin Jumpers Project has now finished. Over 15,000 jumpers were collected, which will be stored in Oil Spill Response Kits around Tasmania.

Penguin Jumper in 8ply (DK or Light Worsted)
(Must be 100% Wool Yarn)

Skeinz, a yarn store in New Zealand, is calling on knitters throughout the world to knit sweaters for the penguins affected by a massive oil spill that occurred earlier this month. The tiny sweaters, while eliciting aww’s and squee’s, serve a very important function: they prevent the oil-soaked birds from poisoning themselves by preening, as well as keeping them warm before it’s their turn to be cleaned up by cleanup workers. And, you know, who doesn’t want to save the lives of penguins by dressing them in the most adorable way possible?

For those of who know how to knit, here’s how to make a the perfect penguin sweater

1 pair 3.25mm, 1 pair of 3.75mm needles
1 set of 3.25mm dpn’s or circular

Crochet version is here