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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 […]

It is no big news that I am a huge fan of all kinds of Advent Calendars – that is how the Alte Künste Advent Calendar got started last year – this year there will even be 2 different versions of the Alte Künste Advent Calendar!And pre-orders are open now! Version 1 – the large

UPDATE 13. August: As you may or may not know : Germany has temporarily reduced its VAT from 1 July till 31 December 2020. It is one of our national measures to help the economy struggling with Covid-19. For your shopping experience with Alte Künste this means: we are passing on the price-reduction to you

„polepole“ is suahili and means „slow down“ in English. This is the perfect name for this year’s Chartiy Dye 2020 we are doing for Harambee.at. Slowing down encompasses so much hope and confidence – no matter how harsh things may look. Take a deep breath and slow down. This slowing down and becoming calm opens

We have been online with our weekly stich’n bitch for 4 weeks already! Social distancing, quaratine, home office, no social gatherings – we have all been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. And yet we can still knit, crochet and a follow our textile endeavors – even when we cannot meet & gather in cafes, restaurants

Happy holidays to all our customers and thank you for a phantastic year 2019! We have never expected 2019 to be such a fun and successfull year:The very first Alte Künste advent calender went beyond out wildest dreams – thank you to everybody who ordered it! Alte Künste has been to more yarnfestivals and events

More news at Alte Künste: We are super excited to have the wonderful stitch markers by Atelier Marie-Lucienne in the shop for you!I shared my love for these stitch markers in the advent calendar 2019 for the first tie with you. They are handmade by Marjan Hoebeke-Pfaff, the fabulous woman and creative head of Atelier

It is official now!Alte Künste is one of the indie-dyers for Martina Behm’s Strickmich! Club 2020. I feel so honoured and excited about this opportunity to introduce a new audience to my take on natural dyed yarn! Martina Behm interviewed me for Strickmich! Club and she managed to get me to talk about a few