Meet Alte Künste & our botanically dyed yarn in real life. We’ll be at the following events:
2026
March 21-22, 2026 – High WollTage, the wool festival between Alb and Donau
May 2-3, 2026 – Wollmarkt Weilheim
May 15-17, 2026 – Nadelwelt Karlsruhe, with distaff spinning demonstration at the booth
May 13-17, 2026 – Creative Retreat at Donnersberg
June 12-14, 2026 – Plant Dyeing Weekend at Freilichtmuseum Roscheider Hof, Konz (registration exclusively through the open-air museum: buchung@roscheiderhof.de and 06501-92710)
22. August 22-23, 2026 – WollCraft Festival, Worms
5 September 2026 – Dyeing with fresh woad – workshop at Freilichtmuseum Roscheider Hof, Konz (registration only via Freilichtmuseum Roscheider Hof: buchung@roscheiderhof.de and 06501-92710)
September 25-27, 2026 – Creative Retreat at Donnersberg
10. October 10-11, 2026 – Wollmarkt Vaterstetten
24. October 25, 2026 – Backnanger Wollfest – with 2 courses on plant & natural dyeing (registration exclusively through this link)
The events are updated regularly – so check back from time to time!
Alte Künste Workshop Topics
Would you like to try it yourself?
Stir the dye pots?
Sit at the spinning wheel?
Practice hand spinning?
Or see a demonstration of historical distaff spinning?
Alte Künste offers the following workshop topics that you can book for a group or as a demonstration for your event:
- Hand spinning with the hand spindle and spinning wheel
- Hand spinning in myths and fairy tales
- Introduction to Plant Dyeing
- Blue Monday: No Fear of Indigo Dyeing
- Distaff spinning demonstration
Would you like to have a course at your location?
No problem, Alte Künste will come to you. Just send a message through the contact form, and we’ll discuss the details:
I’m also happy to be available by email at info@altekuenste.eu