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| Miss Kitty |
Koolaid dyed yarn..Having fun!!This is some wool I dyed on Monday.. 
One the left is Cherry~Lemonade~Grape~LemonLime~Ice Blue Raspberry Lemonade.. Now I get to wind them all up.. 
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| jchllm |
That looks awesome. How do you do that? Do you take just normal white yarn and dye it the color you want? Or is different than that? | ||
| Miss Kitty |
I used Lion Brand Fisherman Wool.
[aran] and some Koolaid and the microwave.. Here is some Red that I did on Monday.. Going to redo or just knit it up with some dk. red or black.. Nuking 
Drying 
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| jchllm |
Can I ask how you do it? I'd love to try | ||
| JazzRizz |
That looks great!
I've got a few skeins of wool/silk from KnitPicks in Bare that I'm going to try using the crockpot method one of these days. |
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| Miss Kitty |
Here is a link for dying with koolaid. I soak the wool in warm water, not hot. (you don't want it to felt) I soak it for 3 or more hours. The longer you soak your yarn the better the color.. I line a casserole (2qt.) with plastic wrap. The red was mixed with 2 packs of koolaid and some red food coloring ( didn't have enough cherry koolaid for 8 oz of yarn..) 1/4 cup of vinegar then filled a 1 qt jar with water, Twice. 2qts. of liquid. Covered with plastic wrap nuke for 2 minutes, let rest for 2 minutes,( I like the squish the yarn in between the nukes.) nuke for 2 minutes. keep doing that untill the koolaid( water) is clear. Let cool then rinse.. A must wear rubber(plastic gloves). Let me know if you have any questions.. |
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