Little tiny sweaters...
Hand knitted 8 ply wool 1 pair No. 11 needles (old measurement) 1 pair of No. 9 needles (old measurement) 1 set of No. 11 needles (old measurement)
Cast on 36 stitches using No. 11 needles.
K1, P1 to end of row. Repeat this row 7 times.
Change to No. 9 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 No. 11 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).
"What is this," you ask? It is actually a pattern posted on the internet by a Tasmanian Conservation group for penguin sweaters. They use the sweaters to help a species of penguin that lives in that area when they are threatened by fuel/oil spills. They put out an internet call for help in the hopes of getting a hundred sweaters to be stored for future use, in case of a spill.
They got 15,000; Ah, the power of the internet. I guess the moral of this story would be, "Be careful of what you ask for..."
Penguins
Cast on 36 stitches using No. 11 needles.
K1, P1 to end of row. Repeat this row 7 times.
Change to No. 9 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 No. 11 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).
"What is this," you ask? It is actually a pattern posted on the internet by a Tasmanian Conservation group for penguin sweaters. They use the sweaters to help a species of penguin that lives in that area when they are threatened by fuel/oil spills. They put out an internet call for help in the hopes of getting a hundred sweaters to be stored for future use, in case of a spill.
They got 15,000; Ah, the power of the internet. I guess the moral of this story would be, "Be careful of what you ask for..."
Penguins
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