Deine Auszeit für kreative Entfaltung! Lass den Alltag hinter Dir und tauche ein in ein langes Wochenende voller Inspiration und kreativer Energie. Vom 28. Mai bis 1. Juni 2025 laden wir Dich herzlich ein, mit uns zusammen auf den Donnersberg, ins höchste Dorf der Pfalz, zu kommen und Deine Leidenschaft für Handarbeiten zu leben. Stell […]
Kreativ-Retreat auf dem Donnersberg, 28.05. – 01.06.2025 Weiterlesen »
Spring is around the corner! 🏵️🌿🌸 I love celebrating this budding feeling that soon, really soon we will all be enjoying sunshine & flowers & warmer temperatures. This is a set of 3x 100g skeins of my Leicester High Twist yarn in Fingering. I used the colourways marzipan, meadow & fuchsia to capture this feeling
Do you feel the upcoming spring? Weiterlesen »
The Charity Dye for 2021 is „Msichana“ – Swahili for girl! This colourway is inspired by the omnipresent kangas in Kenya: the kanga is much more than a clothing piece, it can be used as a skirt, head-wrap, apron, pot-holder, towel, and much more. The kanga is culturally significant on Eastern coast of Africa, often
Charity Dye 2021: Msichana Weiterlesen »
Our favorite super soft sockyarn is switching its name back to what it used to be: Luxury Socks! The last few years this yarn bases was called High Twist – but now we are switching back to the name we gave it originally: Luxury Socks – almost too good for just socks! The yarn base
Back to the Roots: Luxury Socks is again Luxury Socks. Weiterlesen »
Pre-orderes are running from now until 24 February – or until sold out. We have been planning this for quite a while now and finally, here they are: Alte Künste Yarn Clubs, or in German: die Woll-Kiste (the yarn-box). The yarn clubs are surprise packages of yarn that follow a colour theme. For our first
Pre-orders open: Alte Künste Yarn Clubs Weiterlesen »
I am so excited to share the news on ouor charity dye for Harambee with you: Since we started back in May, we were able to donate 744€ from the charity dye „polepole“ – and that means 31 kids of Kifili Vonwald school in Kenya got their health insurance paid for 1 year! This is
Charity Dye: 31 Kids got Health Insurance! Weiterlesen »
Today is day 6 of the Online International Fiber Festivals und we are visiting Germany! The start is right away with yarn from Alte Künste! So exited to be part of the OIFF this time and representing Germany with my botanical dyed yarn! Check out the videos of the OIFF. It is not only about
Online International Fiber Festival visiting Alte Künste Weiterlesen »
Hooray!!! They are finally available: Project bags from Alte Künste! Took me ages to find an ethical supplier of organic cotton bags! But here they are: GOTS certified, the print is organic as well & no child labour was involved! The bag has a size of 25x30cm (9.8×11.8″) with a cord to close at the
Alte Künste Project Bag Weiterlesen »
I am so excited that I can finally share a reconstruction project with you that I have a tiny part in: Last year I had the honour of dyeing the embroidery silk for the reconstruction of the St. Cuthbert maniple. The reconstruction project is done by Dr. Alexandra Manin, textile archaeologist and professional embroiderer, specialized
Dyeing Silk for the Cuthbert Maniple Recreation Project Weiterlesen »
