Comments on: Non-toxic Taggers Strike

By: yarn bombing « in the berry patch

yarn bombing « in the berry patch — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:08:26 +0000

[...] Photo via Crisp Green [...]

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:37:15 +0000

it’s lovely, but it’s also littering. there are also now going to be random animals with string foreign bodies and entanglements if the “taggers” don’t clean up later.

By: a knitter

a knitter — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:44:55 +0000

sure hope you didn’t use the yarn made from petroleum – ha ha check out lys for organic and usa made yarn..love the dog sweater

By: Knelia

Knelia — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:30:27 +0000

sarah, you’re right. I think it was Greenpeace that requested people to knit sweaters for the penguins. They (the penguins that is) had lost their natural fat coating after having been cleaned. This was necessary, as they had been covered with oil that was spilled by a damaged tanker.
The helpers had to use a detergent to get the oil off, but this also dissolved the penguins’ natural fatty protection on their fur/feathers, which is there to keep the water out (the fat or grease prevents the fur/feathers from sucking up water, thus keeping the penguins warm).
The animals were supposed to wear the sweaters until they had recovered their natural greasy protection. Greenpeace actually published the knitting pattern. They do look a bit silly, don’t they

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:39:52 +0000

How the heck did they do the tree?

By: pink skittles

pink skittles — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:14:14 +0000

Awwww…the birdies have sweaters.

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:51:04 +0000

i dont remember exacty what for but those penguin sweaters actually had a purpose. i think it was to keep them warm after they got spilled oil cleaned off