Art for Art Sake/Thomas Mann

Angele from Thomas Mann Design sent us info about their involvement in the annual Art for Art’s Sake event in New Orleans.

During the festival they are running what promises to be a fun series of classes and events:

The workshop is kicked off Friday evening with a “Learn to Saw” mini-workshop & cocktail party.The fun continues through the weekend with the Found Object Sandwich workshop in the day, and gallery hopping in the evening starting with our own gallery opening at Thomas Mann Gallery I/O.

Thomas is meant to be an enthusiastic and animated teacher and aside from learning to saw correctly being a VERY important skill to master, the Found Object Sandwich (FOS) workshop sounds quite interesting and a good way to turn your own treasures in to wearable art.

Here is a picture of the “Learn to Saw Bench” that Thomas Mann studioFLUX held at the Craft and Hobby Association Winter Trade Show. Looks like people were having fun!

Thomas is involved with a number of projects, galleries and workshops. Checkout his website here.

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I don’t often share knitting patterns for pets, mostly because I don’t think of it. I don’t have a dog, and I’ve never knit for my cats except a knit couch and a little cat bed I made on a knitting machine, both of which were pretty much ignored.

I have shared some pet bed knitting patterns, and both hats and sweaters for dogs.

But I don’t think I’ve shared a pattern for a cat sweater, until now.

This one is the Bunny sweater by Sarah Zhou, so named because her cat is named Bunny, of course.

It’s a made to measure pattern because cats come in all shapes and sizes, and you can also use any yarn you like and whatever gauge you are getting with that yarn.

The design is knit from the bottom up, that is, from the tail side up toward the head. Pairs of decreases shape the body as you work toward the armholes, which are made by binding off a few stitches. Then the belly and the back are worked flat, then joined and worked in the round for the chest part.

There are some design options in the pattern, from the look of the photos they include using a contrasting color for the edging, working a scalloped edging, maybe a foldover collar? But of course you can add your own embellishments, stripes, make it in team colors or for a Halloween costume. I’m sure they’re quick to knit so you can make a bunch if you have a cat who is willing to submit to such torture.

Bunny looks like a very good and mostly tolerant girl; I don’t think either of my cats would be willing to wear a sweater. But if you make one (the pattern is available on Ravelry) and successfully get your cat to wear it I would love to hear about it!

[Photo: Sarah Zhou]

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