I won some nice wool yarn from Where Is She Now?
All of the way from India
Some beige and grey yarn. While this yarn is lovely, it didn’t know what was in store for it. In the meantime, I ventured into Kool Aid dyeing.
After my first attempt, I decided I could take the beige and make it purple. But…..I would sprinkle the Kool Aid on it. Sooooo….. I soaked the yarn, and then put it in a plastic container and put it in the microwave for 2 min.
Then……..I opened up my grape Kool Aid (well generic kool aid)
Then I sprinkled and heated and then tossed and repeated until I was happy….
Sprinkle, sprinkle…..and heat
toss and sprinkle and heat…
And pretty soon it looked all different hues of purple and blue. So then I let it cool, rinsed and washed it, then hung it out to dry.
Pretty, and the yarn told me it wanted to be socks. But I didn’t have enough, so I went back and looked and the grey ball….I had some left over Kool Aid, so I over dyed it in the microwave.
Well a test piece first.
hey it looks good. So I dyed it all.
And put it out to dry, I can’t believe it matched so well, it is actually a red-purple, hard to tell in the sun.
Pretty!!! or maybe pretty lucky??
And so the socks begin…
With a little beer..
I chose the Sailor’s Delight pattern from the 2-socks at a time book by Melissa Morgan-Oakes.
May your needles fly as fast as Dragonflies…
All of the way from India
Some beige and grey yarn. While this yarn is lovely, it didn’t know what was in store for it. In the meantime, I ventured into Kool Aid dyeing.
After my first attempt, I decided I could take the beige and make it purple. But…..I would sprinkle the Kool Aid on it. Sooooo….. I soaked the yarn, and then put it in a plastic container and put it in the microwave for 2 min.
Then……..I opened up my grape Kool Aid (well generic kool aid)
Then I sprinkled and heated and then tossed and repeated until I was happy….
Sprinkle, sprinkle…..and heat
toss and sprinkle and heat…
And pretty soon it looked all different hues of purple and blue. So then I let it cool, rinsed and washed it, then hung it out to dry.
Pretty, and the yarn told me it wanted to be socks. But I didn’t have enough, so I went back and looked and the grey ball….I had some left over Kool Aid, so I over dyed it in the microwave.Well a test piece first.
hey it looks good. So I dyed it all.
And put it out to dry, I can’t believe it matched so well, it is actually a red-purple, hard to tell in the sun.
Pretty!!! or maybe pretty lucky??
And so the socks begin…
With a little beer..
I chose the Sailor’s Delight pattern from the 2-socks at a time book by Melissa Morgan-Oakes.May your needles fly as fast as Dragonflies…
I haven't gotten up the courage to dye anything yet. I need to get back to spinning so I can attempt it. I love the idea of koolaid because it's non-toxic. But eventually I'd love to really get into it.
ReplyDeleteYour batch turned out fantastic. Can't wait to see it knitted up.
I'm always amazed at what great results people can get from just kool-aide. Your yarn looks gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteHow creative, I think the hand dyed is so much prettier! Great hues of purple.
ReplyDeletelooks like a fun process!
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