Tucson Wool Festival 2008: October 25th, 9-3 at the Withers' Ranch. Check the wool festival page for additional details.
My shop is located on the northwest side of Tucson, Arizona, on an eight-acre ranch. My shop specializes in fleeces, handspun yarns, and woven and knitted items. I teach knitting, spinning, felting, and weaving by appointment. I rent wheels to beginners at a nominal fee, so they can decide whether spinning is something they would really like to do, before making a major investment in a wheel.
EXPANDED SHOP HOURS : Monday-Friday from 10 A.M. - 5 P.M., Saturday 10 A.M. - 1 P.M. and by appointment.
Shop will be cliosed August 14-26, 2008. You can find me at the Craftfaires in Loveland and Colorado Springs, Colorado, on the Saturday and Sundays.
Animal tours are available by appointment. Animals for sale are at the top of the Animal page.
See Workshop page for upcoming classes.
My blog: http://www.uniquedesignsbykathy.blogspot.com
My online shop: http://www.uniquedesignsbykathy.etsy.com
My Ravelry.com ID is uniquedesignsbyk. I have a group Unique designs by kathy
4th Avenue Spring Street Fair: Check back for booth number. I have applied for the winter street fair.
Patagonia Fall Arts Festival 2008: October 10-12, 2008. Booth #25, same as last fall.
LINKS:
www.selvedge.org: Directed towards an international, discerning audience, Selvedge magazine covers fine textiles in every context: fine art, interiors, fashion, travel and
shopping.
email jmarckathy@aol.com or call (520)572-3758 or (520)401-6117 and ask for Kathy Withers.
 Directions: Go north on Thornydale, cross Linda Vista (Safeway shopping center and Mountain View High school) and take a left onto Palo Seco. The first road on your left, immediately after the apartment complex and before the subdivision. The ranch is the first one on the right. Stay on Palo Seco until you come to the Unique Designs by Kathy sign and turn right into the parking lot.
My business has grown out of my love of animals, fibers, and colors. I raise angora goats, angora rabbits, llamas, alpacas, Shetland sheep, Ramboiullet/Columbia crosses, and Jacob sheep for their fleeces.
I spin their fibers, blending and dyeing them in an array of colors. I strive to be unique in all that I create, so no two items are alike. Below is the fleece from a "red" angora goat. It actually spins up as a light shade of tan.
 Handspun and hand-dyed mohair yarns
 Landscapes and fiber to make them
 Carded batts for wet and needle felting, as well as spinning, from my electric Pat Green Carder.
100% black kid mohair blanket and a cherry red mohair/Border Leicester blanket.
You may reach me, Kathy Withers, at (520) 572-3758 or at my e-mail address: jmarckathy@aol.com.
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