View Full Version : **PICS ADDED** I'm Hooked on Koolaid dyeing yarn, what are your favorite colors?
Variant
07-10-2004, 11:35 PM
I've done berry blue and love it. I also tried to mix 2 packets cherry w/two packets lemonade. It's still red. I'd love to have a funky orange and funky green. I'm not so crazy about the way the lemon-lime turned out. I had to redye it with 4 packets.
What flavors do you use? Any combinations? Share please! :D
dandelions2
07-11-2004, 12:34 AM
and please share pics of how the colors turn out!! Please please please? :D
Sunflower_Momma
07-11-2004, 08:08 AM
Black cherry!
Shelly
07-16-2004, 04:25 PM
Here's some roving I did a while back. You can also use food coloring (which is what is in Kool-Aid) with vinegar.
http://members.sparedollar.com/mac5977/sm_roving.jpg
From left to right they were:
cherry KA, yellow food coloring, blue FC, blue and red FC, green FC, grape KA, orange KA, green apple KA, pink lemonade KA.
I did orange with 1 packet red, one packet yellow, try that or try 2 yellow, 1 red, or just buy orange KA or FC.
HTH!
Tami Soaps
07-21-2004, 12:26 PM
I have never done this, but I really, really want to give it a go! Your pics are great! :)
Here are some links I've been saving in case anyone else is thinking about it....
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall02/FEATdyedwool.html
http://www.geocities.com/knitter01/koolaid.html
http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/tips/dyekool.shtml
Variant
07-25-2004, 05:37 PM
Here's what I came up with:
4 packets grape for the purple (I also did a mix -- 2 berry blue, 1 cherry and 1 lemonade and got basically the same color)
2 packets lemon lime for the green then dyed again with 4 packets lemon lime
http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=1144264
This is a blend of the back and sides being 2 packets berry blue and the very front part of the v is 4 packets berry blue. IRL the one dyed with 4 packets is darker.
http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=1144265
And last is the stripes. 4 packets orange, the green and purple as described before and the red is 4 packets cherry.
http://www.amitymama.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=1144267
I did try 2 packets cherry and 2 packets lemonade and got a lighter shade of the red -- more pinkish.
And there are variations in the wool that I dyed because it was all grey with about 12" of color in the yarn pre-dying. The koolaid made the already colored sections of the yarn darker and it seemed to be a bit felted.
I had a blast and have one more soaker to do. :p
Tami Soaps
07-25-2004, 05:45 PM
That's great! I love the colors-- they are incredible! :) Thanks so much for posting the pics and your combos!
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