References: Burch, Paula. Dyeing to Win , mentions that cotton dyes better in cold solutions Hiott, Nicolette. Wool Works: dyeing fibers a compilation of emails with advice on dyeing with Kool-Aid Nolke. First, I tried to dye it orange using 1 packet Orange, 1 packet Mandarina Tangerina, and 2 packets Lemonade.
It came out faintly yellow, but nothing noticeable. Probably a combination of low concentration and the faintness of the orange compared to red. Then I dyed half of the skein in 1 packet Tropical Punch, 1 Orange, and 1 Strawberry, which gave a light pink. Then I decided to try to overdye it blue. Unfortunately, when I re-wetted the yarn, most of the pink washed out guess I didn't rinse well enough after dyeing the first time around.
The blue 6 packets of Raspberry Ice Blue didn't take very well, though more of it showed up after drying for some reason. I think the problem was that I didn't wash off the soap after wetting the yarn, and it kept the dye molecules from entering the fiber. Oh well! In the future, it would also be better to use Blue Moon Berry instead of Raspberry Ice Blue because the raspberry was a pretty light blue, even in solution.
Then I knitted up a small swatch in garter stitch and dyed this in a packet of Strawberry. It turned a nice pink, and when I unravelled it, it was a variegated pink. Pretty cool, but impractical for large projects. Since the teaspoon measurements aren't very intuitive, here are their equivalent amounts in yards of yarn per packet of Kool-Aid: Amount of master soln.
Posted by caitlin at pm Permalink Tags: craftiness. Older ». Fill the sink with hot water and push the fabric into it. Let the fabric soak a minimum of 20 minutes. Set the soup pot on the stove burner and add the Kool-Aid, vinegar and water. Turn the stove on and wait for steam to rise from the mixture. Push the fabric into the hot Kool-Aid mixture using the wooden spoon so you don't get burned. Add another batch of Kool-Aid mixture if you do not have enough liquid to cover the fabric. Cover the pot and let it simmer on low heat for a minimum of 45 minutes, stirring every five minutes.
The color will soak into the fabric and the Kool-Aid mixture will be either clear or a cloudy white shade. Let the fabric and Kool-Aid cool to lukewarm and drain the Kool-Aid mixture off of the fabric.
Rinse the fabric with warm water until the color stops running out. Laure Justice is a professional copywriter, since By the end of the day my string was well dried and had a great pastel color, and way different then what the dye bath looked like.
It turned out to be a pastel blue with some spots of a pastel green. After this, I also tried dyeing with some peach, red, and yellow Kool-aid in a similar process and ended up with a really pretty dyed string. Dyeing cotton with Kool-aid is not recommended, but I did find it fun to see what would happen to my colors as they mostly washed out.
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