OPEN STUDIO AND SHEARING DAY: March 15, 2008 10-2. Celebrating being in business 4 years! Unadvertised specials and a shearing demonstration. Kids (the goat variety) and some lambs might also be on the ground.

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 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 FOR WINTER  AND SPRING:: Monday- from 10 A.M. - 5 P.M., Saturday 10 A.M. - 1 P.M. and by appointment.

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://uniquedesignsbykathy.blogspot.com

My online shop: http://uniquedesignsbykathy.etsy.com

Tucson Wool Festival 2008: October 25, 2008, 9 A.M. - 3 P.M. See dedicated page for 2008.

4th Avenue Spring Street Fair: April 4-6, 2008. Check  back for booth number. I am already juried in.

Patagonia Fall Arts Festival 2008: I have applied and hope to get in again.

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.

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, Shetland, 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.