KSWFibers is a single person endeavor creating various fiber items established in 1987. I am Katherine Farr and I live in Flagstaff, Arizona. I have been working with fibers all of my life. In my youth it was knitting and crocheting along with sewing taught by my mother and grandmother. During college I tried a small tapestry loom and I knew I was hooked on weaving. It was not until 1985 that I began to take lessons on a floor loom. Knitting, sewing, and weaving are the tools of my creations ranging from garments to household textiles.
My fiber work tends to focus on the color blending employing simple structures to create functional pieces. My current work includes various textiles ranging from hats to shawls and sweaters. Hats are my primary small item right now, ranging from a felted brimmed hat to beret/cloches to stocking caps (feminine and the classics). Sometime I combine woven fabrics with knitting to create sweaters.
As you will see in the products list I currently make a number of different sorts of items. It will be interesting to see how my focus shifts and changes as fibers become a more full-time adventure. Right now I continue to try a variety of different products, though each is something I like to create. As long as it is fun for me and I continue to learn and grow the fiber-based creations will continue to evolve.
My fiber work is changing from a part-time endeavor into my next profession – once I have retired from the first one (early 2008). Currently my weekdays are full of computers, long-range planning, and legal compliance. Attention to detail tends to flow through all parts of my life. Fiber work has been a welcome balance to the professional world whose long-term environmental planning projects take much longer to complete than most of my current fiber items. Working with various textures and colors has provided a needed creative focus over the last 20 years. Now I am ready to move to more full-time work with fibers and maybe my dogs will even have slightly better manners once I am home during the day.
Establishing this website begins my foray into focusing more on my fiber work. I am looking forward to creating wool rugs and other more complicated projects that I currently don’t have enough time to plan nor produce.
You can also view many of my items at The Artists Gallery in Flagstaff, Arizona.
17 N San Francisco
Flagstaff AZ 86001
928.773.0958
www.theartistsgallery.net
In Prescott, Arizona, my felted hats are on display at Van Gogh’s Ear.
156 B S. Montezuma Street
Prescott, AZ 86303
928.776.1080
www.vgegallery.com
