Birds of a Sweater

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Birds of a Sweater

Handmade cat toys
TNR advocate
Feral cat caretaker
Shop now at birdsofasweater.com

Birds of the Sweater cat toys are handmade from upcycled sweaters, eco-fiber fill, eco-felt, and organic catnip. The purchase of Birds of a Sweater cat toys supports the TNR, feeding, and medical care of our feral cat colony. A portion of our sales also goes to our fundraiser - sponsoring the spays and neuters of outdoor cats in central Wisconsin.

06/20/2024

Happy First Day of Summer! Three new eco-kicker cat toy patterns to celebrate!
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06/20/2024

Putting eyes on birds and packing for Kittypalooza at

06/20/2024

This weekend!!! I’m so excited to be vending at Kittypalooza!!! Come see me, the other amazing vendors, food trucks, adopt a cat, and support the !!

06/12/2024

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06/10/2024

It’s a beautiful day to lounge outside ☀️

06/10/2024

So excited to be vending at this weekend!

🌈 Come celebrate PRIDE with The Big Gay Pride Market in June! Shop over 200 vendors, enjoy presentations, and be your truest self! FREE event admission!* 💕

🏳️‍🌈 The Big Gay Pride Market! 🏳️‍⚧️
June 15th and 16th
Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI
10am-4pm**

✨ Drag show: June 15th from 6-8pm ✨ ‼️ 18+ Show ‼️

*there will be a small parking cost of $8 per car

**Masks required from 10am-1pm on Sunday, June 16th 😷

06/08/2024

Here’s the birthday boy showing off some of the pride cat earrings that he made for next weekend! Jasper drew all of these designs and assembled the earrings. Sales of all of our Pride items help pay for Jasper’s gender affirming healthcare!

06/08/2024

River greeting me at the colony 💕

06/06/2024

Nothing says spooky like OT checking out the incoming fog 🌫️ 🐈‍⬛

06/05/2024

One more new Pride spiral! In the •nline sh•p now and available at June 15-16! 🏳️‍🌈

05/31/2024

Happy 13th Birthday to our favorite dog and friend to all cats, Mr. Smith! 🎉
Mr. Smith is looking stylish today in his bandana! 🏳️‍🌈

05/30/2024

Happy International Hug Your Cat Day! My nephews are visiting and I never would have thought that OT liked toddlers! 💕

05/30/2024

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“An instant win as soon as I took this thing out of the packaging! I didn’t think a simple felt spring would be so entertaining, but man my cat loves it”

We love happy customers!!! 💕

05/28/2024

It’s a hard job, but somebody has to quality control these sweaters…💤

05/24/2024

New New New!
Jumbo and mini wool spirals!
You all asked for bigger and smaller spirals, and they’re finally in the sh0p. Swipe to see Milly showing off the sizing.
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Mini: Measures about 12” long when fully extended.
Perfect for cats that like to bat and carry their toys around.
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Regular: Measures about 24” long when fully extended.
Our original size, great for carrying, chewing, wrestling.
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Jumbo: Measures about 40” long when fully extended.
Extra large, great for interactive play and wrestling.
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05/19/2024

Happy 1 year TNR anniversary to Mr. Slippers Mustachio! We’re so glad you stayed and are happy here. 💕

05/17/2024

Something BIG is coming next week…

05/15/2024

Office Supervisor Leo working hard, watching spirals for dry 😴

05/14/2024

Working on restocking some old favorites today!

05/13/2024

New PRIDE spirals!! 🏳️‍🌈

05/10/2024

We’re all set up at the Green Bay Pet Expo! We’ll be here today until 8 and tomorrow from 10-6!

05/10/2024

GET YOURS NOW!!!

We are excited to announce the new SPAY-NEUTER-ADOPT specialty license plate, now available from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. To acquire this specialty plate for your vehicle, please visit https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/dmv/vehicles/title-plates/spay.aspx

An additional $25 donation, paid to WDOT for each plate purchased and subsequently renewed, will go to The Fix Is In, Inc. These funds will be used to help Wisconsin residents, humane societies, and veterinary clinics increase their spay/neuter efforts.

05/02/2024

New Zodiac Cats Eco-kickers - in mini, regular, and jumbo! ✨

04/30/2024

More new kickers! I love this Cozy Cats print! 🩵💜

04/29/2024

Over the weekend we celebrated our Milly’s 13th birthday! She got a new toy and some meat tubes from 🎉

04/25/2024

New - Moon Cat Ecokickers! 🌖

04/23/2024

Party Naked kickers are back! Now in two colors and three sizes! 🩷💙

04/23/2024

River woke up today and chose violence 😂 Apparently that was one pet too many…

04/22/2024

New birds in the sh0p!
Handmade by me from upcycled wool sweaters, organic catnip, and recycled fiber fill.
Happy Earth Day! 🌎

04/08/2024

FYI, we’ll be closed for the next few days while we get our hvac system replaced. I’ll post when we’re open again!

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Athens, WI

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Two weeks until @thebiggaymarket , lots to do!! #thebiggaymarket #ecokicker #pridecattoys

Artemis loving the parrot feather 😁 #playtime #colonycat #catshed @jenny.limbach1

Working on finishing birds! #birdsofasweater #cattoys #timelapse #behindthescenes #workinprogress

It’s a snowy day - perfect for staying inside and working on birds! 🌨️ #birdsofasweater #cattoys #timelapse #behindthescenes

Walter enjoying one of the parrot feathers that @jenny.limbach1 gifted us 💕 #walterwednesday #catsandfeathers

Pride spiral cat toys all dried and ready just in time for this Saturday’s @thebiggaymarket ! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #thebiggaymarket #birdsofasweater #cattoys #pridecats

Ruby and friends enjoying their new toys! 😻 #Repost @rubygotajob with @use.repost ・・・ Thank you @birdsofasweater !!!!!! You guys always have great stuff but the mice and the squiggle thingies are the best things we’ve ever seen! And thank you catching my math error - 2 snakey snakes would definitely *NOT* have worked - turns out sharing is one of the skills we still need to work on around here. And a special thanks from Ruby Roo - the colors are so bright – she seems to do better and play more when there’s more contrast !! #yourethebest . #fun #playdate #playtime #thebest #joy #catsmile #catfun #funandgames #cattoys #cat #instacat #whiskers #catstagram #tortiesofinstagram #tortiecats #tortietuesday #tortitude #rescuecat #adoptdontshop #rubygotajob

Just finished up a bunch of kicker cat toys for @thebiggaymarket this Saturday! 🏳️‍🌈 #ecokicker #cattoy #thebiggaymarket #cattoys #pridecat #pridecats

Sneak peek at Jasper’s new Pride Cat designs for next weekend’s @thebiggaymarket ! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #timelapse #handdrawn #catart #pridecats #thebiggaymarket

Happy World Spay Day! Here are just some of the cats that I’ve TNR’d. See if you can spot some familiar faces! Trap Neuter Return helps reduce the outdoor cat population. These cats also live happier, healthier lives! ✨TNR saves lives! ✨ #worldspayday #tnr #trapneuterreturn #tnrworks #tnrsaveslives #feralcats #communitycats #farmcats #cat #cats #catsintraps #spayandneuter

Sweater shelf or very expensive cat bed? Leo says both. Guess I have some sweaters to wash and move 😂 #leothecinnamonowl #catsonsweaters #officecat

This past weekend I had the absolute best gift - I got to visit our former foster, Applesauce! 🍏 I trapped Applesauce towards the end of 2018. He was friendly, but FIV+ and cat aggressive, so we had to find him a perfect home. He was with us for a year and a half, and went home with his dad in early 2020. He is still such a sweet, vocal, friendly, and soft guy! I love him so much and am so thankful his dad invited us to visit! 💕 You check out all of Saucy’s adventures at @applesauce_l ! #privateapplesauce #formerfoster #eartippedcat #foreverhome

Mr. Slippers Mustachio, reporting for dinner! 🐈‍⬛🚸 #colonycat #eartippedcat #mustachecat

I borrowed Jasper’s car tonight (mine is STILL in the shop from hitting that deer in October) and picked up food to take out to the colony. Thank you customers for all of your support, the cats eat well thanks to you!! 💕 More videos in my stories. #catcolony #colonycats #catshed #catsofwisconsin

Mr Slippers Mustachio, newest colony member, learning that the food ladies aren’t so bad 💕 #colonycat #feralcat #eartippedcat #mustachecat #tnr

Putting tags on Birds of a Sweater for tonight’s Winter Market at @fourwindsfarmfitchburg ! Hope to see you there! ❄️🐈‍⬛ #birdsofasweater

After breakfast bath time 👅 #River #colonycat #eartippedcat

Cleaning the cat shed, resetting their thermostat for winter, and getting their heater all set up. ❄️

#walterwednesday 💕

Here to get the cat shed ready for winter! ❄️ #catcolony #catshed #colonycats

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About Us

We love using eco-friendly and recycled products when creating our cat toys, and have been doing so since 2009. Our original Birds of a Sweater toys are handmade from upcycled sweaters, recycled fiber fill, and organic catnip. Our new Eco-Kicker toys are made from recycled canvas that is 45% recycled and very durable.

In 2016 we inherited a large feral colony of cats with a land purchase. The purchase of Birds of a Sweater Cat toys supports the feeding and medical care of these cats. In late 2016 we began TNR (Trap/Neuter/Return) and as of April 2017 we have spayed and neutered every cat in the colony. We've also tamed and adopted out several of the younger kittens.

Now that our TNR of this colony is complete, we're committed to helping feral colonies around the United States. As of May 1, 2017, 10% of our proceeds will be donated in the form of food to feral colony caretakers in need. We'll be using #foodforferals on Instagram to help track donations and find colonies that need food sent their way.