Just too good not to link!
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.
Click over for pictures. The whole oil-coating and cleaning activities is VERY rough on the birds so I’m not sure how much good this would do, but if you can knit and think this is a fun project, I don’t see how it could hurt!
Ok, you’ve used up you cute allotment for the day.