Unique Designs by Kathy Withers

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My shop is located on the northwest side of Tucson, Arizona, on an eight-acre ranch. I specialize in mohair, wool, alpaca and llama fleeces, handspun 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.
SHOP HOURS : Monday-Friday from 10 A.M. - 5 P.M., Saturday 10 A.M. - 1 P.M. and by appointment.
I will be closed during the following festivals, since all of the good stuff will be with me. Any of my routinely scheduled workshops that fall on these weekends will not take place.
Art Institute of Tucson Artisans Market November 13, 2010 10-3. East Grant Rd.
San Diego Holiday Arts Festival - Thankgiving weekend. Booth #320. Shop will be closed from Thursday through Monday.
Tempe Fine Arts Festival December 3-5, 2010 Booth 5064.

Patagonia Fall Arts Festival October 7-9, 2011
I also have 2 online shops: http://www.uniquedesignsbykathyshop.com (yarns, patterns, and batts/roving)
http://www.uniquedesignsbykathy.etsy.com (mostly patterns and some yarns)
Animal tours: plan on attending the Tucson Wool Festival or the Spring Shearing, if you are locals and not fiber artists. It is a great way to see what the wool business is like from beginning to end.from out of state.
MY BLOG: http://www.uniquedesignsbykathy.blogspot.com: this is where you will find my "Tall Tales" about animals and discover my fiber secrets.
My Youtube videos can be found by searching for: "Tucson Withers". The videos, produced by my friend Virginia Johns, include animal husbandry notes and drop spindling, as I teach it here at the ranch.
My Ravelry.com ID is uniquedesignsbyk. I have a group called Unique Designs by Kathy where you can see projects from my friends and visitors.

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For animal transportation needs: www.southwestllamaandsheepcompany.com, Tor Sorenson, email Ssaila3554@aol.com
My contact info: 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 Merino 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.

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.