As part of the Penguin Foundation's global callout for knitters, Spotlight have put together an easy pattern to create jumpers for penguins in rehab.

Penguins that get caught in oil spills are placed in little jumpers to keep them warm but also to stop them from cleaning off the toxins with their beaks until they can be released back into the wild.

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In an interview with ABC News, Lyn Blom says she has knitted many penguin jumpers over the years.

But it's not just major oil spills that cause problems for local penguins, says Blom.