Seriously. Besides looking adorable, these penguin sweaters serve a purpose.

The store, Skeinz, in New Zealand started the campaign to knit sweaters for penguins affected by the oil spill earlier this month. These sweaters keep the penguins from poisoning themselves by preening, as well as keeps them warm before it is their turn to be cleaned by cleanup workers.

Here are the instructions for how to knit the sweater:

For further details read this article I pulled the images and information above from.

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