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Over dyeing fugly yarn

While trying to destash, I ran across some nice yarn, but the color way was outdated, or I was tired of themā€¦.Soā€¦..why not try overdyeing? (I know Iā€™m really suppose to be destashing and decluttering my house, and I end up making a bigger mess) Over dyeing beginsā€¦why notā€¦can it look worse? Yuck. Blue/yellow/red before.   Before and after, this is with 5 packages of grape Kool Aid, and microwave dyed . It took the harshness away. My husband doesnā€™t see much difference, but he IS a man. Here we are all dry and ready to go, now I would knit something with this yarn. Inspired by my success, I decided to try more yarn. I found this blue/orange/burgundy/green color way. ughā€¦ More yarnā€¦and this time I tried solar dyeing, I found out that WalMart had their sun tea jars (glass) on sale for $1 each. I used this method . This yarn reminds me of the 70ā€™s, and then some grape and  cherry kool aid (sorry I know itā€™s generic, but thatā€™s half the price) Sun tea jars...