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Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 10:47PM Nope. Not going to get into dyeing. Can't can't can't. That's what I said last weekend. And to make absolutely sure I wouldn't want to anyway, I thought it prudent to see what the fuss is about on the topic of Kool Aid dyeing.
So I unearthed an undyed skein from my stash and plunked it into a pot of water mixed with several different Kool Aid packets. I slowly heated the pot, bringing it to just below boiling and let it sit until the dye exhausted (it's really something--the water goes clear as the yarn absorbs the dyes). I took it off the heat, let it cool, rinsed it off, and set it out to dry. Then I reskeined my newly colorful yarn and plotted what I'd knit up.
And as I looked at it, I promptly did two things:
1. Vowed to never let the boys drink Kool Aid again considering what it did to my wool, and
2. Resigned myself to the fact that I kinda loved dyeing something.
Sandra
Reader Comments (4)
That looks great! Can I place an order for a Gigglin' Grape skein?
And I agree... Kool Aid is banned from my shopping list!
Long story....but I ended up with many skeins of this pale green yarn. Wonder if I could overdye a light green skein? Would love it if it were a greener green.
Wow, Cool-Aid did that? The color does look great, but I understand your concern...
@Dianne--you should definitely give overdyeing a try! I think dyeing it a deeper green should be fairly straight forward. I've even seen examples where folks changed green to completely different colors! Check out the Rav group "What a Kool Way to Dye" for tips & different methods--that's where I started. Have fun!