08-05-2025
Saltburn nannas knit jumpers for penguins hit by oil spills
Nannas knit jumpers for oil-spill penguins
Little jumpers knitted by grandmothers are being used to prevent penguins caught in oil spills from getting ill while trying to clean their feathers.
Dubbing themselves the Knitting Nannas, the group based at Hazelgrove Court Care Home in Saltburn, Teesside, have been sending their mini creations to a charity in Australia.
The woolly tops are used as a barrier to stop the birds ingesting toxic chemicals when they try to preen themselves after swimming through oil.
Joyce Baxtrem, 94, explained that she has knitted jumpers for both her children but she had "never knit for a penguin" before.
