Yorkshire knitters make an Xmas jumper... for a gritter!

The gritter's knitted jumper measures 32ft by 28ft (10m x 8.5m)

Are you having a christmas jumper day in school this year?

Well, it looks like you aren't the only one!

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.

Schoolchildren Elijah, Bella, Alex and Jackson were invited to see the unveiling of the gritter

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.

The 35 volunteers spent 4,500 hours on the Christmas project

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. We’re full of mad ideas and they [the knitters] fully expect something fantastic coming up."

Goldie's school tour will aim to teach kids about winter safety and road maintenance.