Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Penguin Power

Thanks to Charlie - a Skeinz regular for knitting up this jumper & supplying the picture.
As you may be aware the oil spill & potential disastrous effects to wildlife & environment off the coast of Tauranga is frightening.  A small number of little blue penguins have already been caught in the oil spilled to date with growing fears that more will be effected. Skeinz has been asked to help with the penguin relief by knitting small Penguin PJ’s to help protect the birds & prevent them from preening their feather & ingesting the toxic oil. 

If you can help out by knitting a penguin jumper – send them to Skeinz at 5 Husheer Place, PO Box 3123, Onekawa, Napier 4142


These have come into the shop today
Penguin Jumper in 8ply  - Must be 100% Wool Yarn1 pair 3.25mm , 1 pair of 3.75mm needles , 1 set of 3.25mm dpn’s or circular
Cast on 36 stitches using 3.25 needles.K1, P1 to end of row. Repeat this row 7 times.  Change to 3.75mm needles and K2, P2 rib. Work 4 rows increasing at each end of every row. (44 sts)
Continue until work measures 15 cms.
Decrease 1 st at each end of every row until 28 sts remain.
Decrease 1 st. in middle of next row (27 sts.)
Leave on needle.
Make second side the same.
Transfer the 54 sts from both pieces to 3 of the set of 4 3.25mm needles.(18 sts on each.) and work a round neck in K1 P1 rib for 10 rows.
Cast off.
Stitch up sides to decreasing to 27sts (opening for flipper). Add elastic to the top and bottom to prevent the penguins getting out of them. Top: 15cm of elastic; bottom 17 cm (knots allowed). Flat elastic OK.

5 comments:

  1. What you are doing is wonderful. Thank you from a knitter/bird rehab volunteer in Canada.

    ( Don't worry about feeling the need to respond as i know you're swamped right now. )

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  2. I hope you still need a few, I have a few of my knitting friends working on them! Hope to send them out next week!

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  3. This would be a great first knit for a child. Better than the tea cosy I had to do when I was 6 yrs old... they taught us how to knit and sew in school in 1960's Scotland!
    I never felt the need to ever knit again... but if it was penguins I was saving instead of tea-pots... I think I may have stuck with it!

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  4. What a wonderful work, i´ve got tears in my eyes. The world needs more people like you. Thanks!

    Warm hugs

    Monya Johansson
    Sweden

    //blueeiz.blogg.se

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