Tucson Wool Festival 2009: Keep October 17, 2009 free on your calendar! Planning for the 2009 Tucson Wool Festival is already underway. The Freeform Spinners' Group is designing a freeform laprug that will feature natural colored Columbia, Rambouillet and Merino wools. Parts will be woven, as well as knitted and crocheted. Progress will be posted on the wool festival page and my blog: www.uniquedesignsbykathy.blogspot.com.
NEW for the festival: There will be a spinning competition this year. It will be a test of how well you know your wheel. There will be three levels: beginning, intermediate and advanced as well as a special prize for a drop spindler.
My shop is located on the northwest side of Tucson, Arizona, on an eight-acre ranch. My shop specializes in fleeces, handspun and novelty yarns, felted, 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.
Animal tours are Mondays 10-11 A.M. and appointment.
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 called Unique Designs by Kathy
4th Avenue Spring Street Fair: Booth number 249 - across from O'Malley's, on the southwest end of the street.
Patagonia Fall Arts Festival 2008: October 10-12, 2008. Booth #25, same as last fall.
LINKS:
 www.visittucson.org
www.selvedge.org: Directed towards an international, discerning audience, Selvedge magazine covers fine textiles in every context: fine art, interiors, fashion, travel and
shopping.
For animal transportation needs: www.southwestllamaandsheepcompany.com, Tor Sorenson, email Ssaila3554@aol.com
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, Rambouillet/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.
Copyright 2005: All pages of this website are original material and the copyright belongs to Kathyn L. Withers. If you would like to use information gathered from this website, please contact me in writing at jmarckathy@aol.com
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