Many shops, supermarkets and schools hold a Christmas jumper day ... in fact many have a Christmas Jumper month! But this story is a little different because it's about a gritter wearing a jumper!
Yes really 😊 read on for more ...
A group of knitters have spent 4500 hours making a Christmas jumper for.... their gritter called Goldie. The gritter's job is to spread salt onto roads and pavements to stop them from getting too icy when it's freezing outside.
And now, Goldie is going on tour - it will travel 900 miles around the UK and visit lots of schools along the way. Goldie's school tour will aim to teach kids about winter safety and road maintenance.
Goldie's jumper and hat were put together by the Ripon Community Poppy Project.
Econ Engineering, the company that owns the gritter, said they were excited to be able to keep their vehicle warm this winter.
The jumper is a whopping 896 square feet - over half the size of an Olympic swimming pool! Stuart Martin, from the volunteer group, said: "We didn’t realise it was going to be this big!" It was put together by 35 volunteers over the course of a year, and used 1130 balls of wool.
When the project started there was a bit of confusion. "We thought we’d be doing 26 jumpers for all these gritter workers, not a wagon," explained Hazel, one of the group organisers. "But it’s been great"
Words and image from story seen here
Words and image from story seen here
Do you wear Christmas Jumpers?
I quite like this cheerful one 😊🎅🎄🤶
All the best Jan
...thanks, I learned about jumpers and gritters!
ReplyDeleteFirst and second grade lot of girls wore jumpers.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine all that work! It's really fun and the kids will enjoy it and learn too.
ReplyDeleteCute truck!
ReplyDeleteThis is one giant sweater, but what fun!
ReplyDeletewow. that involved a lot of work.
ReplyDeleteUy es muy grande. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteMy husband does, but I don't. Happy Holidays, Jan.
ReplyDeleteThat is a LOT of work (and wool). The gritter looks v stylish though.
ReplyDeleteWow! That is the biggest knitted project I have ever seen.
ReplyDeleteThat is a large jumper Jan.
ReplyDeletemust be all that tea they drink . . . and the Fat Rascals!
ReplyDeleteStay warm! Debbie
I'm glad you explained what a gritter is. Your "jumper" looks like a sweater to me.
ReplyDeleteI saw that in the news. I thought it was pretty cool :-D
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a large jumper, it is cute!
ReplyDeleteTake care, have a great day!
What a fun post...I really enjoyed this....and the massive jumper for Gritter is all for a very good cause.
ReplyDeleteNo Christmas jumpers worn here....far too hot for that. The less worn the better at present! :)
I just love reading about terms for things in other countries. Ok, we have knitted Christmas sweaters, so that seems to be a jumper. We have many snow plows and icing trucks in Kansas City, usually the same vehicle. The metro area started contests with elementary schools to give the snow plows goofy names, and the names were painted on the front of the plow blade. Looks like your's will stay warm as it's touring around. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteYou know that this yarn addict loves this story :-) Thanks for the smiles!
ReplyDeleteSu trabajo tiene y sus horas hasta tejer esa prenda.
ReplyDeleteSaludos
Oh my goodness, that's incredible! I don't tend to wear them, but I love looking at them.
ReplyDeleteThat's fun! I like all the names the gritters have too,
ReplyDeleteBig and impressive.
ReplyDeleteNo sweaters ever for me.
ReplyDeleteBoa tarde de terça-feira, com muita paz e saúde. Como não temos um inverno tão rigoroso, como de vocês, principalmente em algumas cidades do Rio de Janeiro. Confesso que nunca usei. E o verão está pertinho. Uns 10 ou 11 dias.
ReplyDeleteIt's a very nice one.
ReplyDeleteknitters are awesome people, i happen to know quite a few!! i wear christmas colors but not usually a christmas sweater. i would knit one but sweaters are a lot of work for me. one was enough!!
ReplyDeleteWow that is some knitting project!!!
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize a jumper is what we call a sweater.
That was a lot of work and a lot of yarn!
ReplyDeleteThat's an enormous piece of knitting! I don't wear Christmas jumpers (sweaters, we call them here).
ReplyDeletewow I can not imagine knitting that big of a project, that is so impressive and neat. Yes I have two Christmas sweaters :)
ReplyDeleteWow, stunning
ReplyDeletethis is amazing! ♥
Holy cow!!! THAT is a lot of knitting. Sounds like they had a good time doing it though.
ReplyDeleteI do not have a Christmas jumper, but I do have two winter sweatshirts. One has embroidered owls with hats and scarves and the other has deer and evergreen trees done in silver thread (on a light blue shirt). They aren't so Christmassy that I couldn't wear them throughout the cold weather season.