bex78 Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 My friend in the USA sent me some kool aid, loads of colours, so all I need now is some natural yarn to dye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansforyou Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Woohoo! I love Kool Aid You can get it over here as well http://www.koolaiduk.com/ What colours/flavours you got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bex78 Posted September 21, 2006 Author Share Posted September 21, 2006 watermelon kiwi, which is for drinking cos its colourless, tropical punch (red) pink lemonade, black cherry, orange, lemon-lime, cherry, strawberry, ice blue raspberry lemonade (blue) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansforyou Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 I did a batch with the ice blue raspberry lemonade, it came out really nice, not too vibrant. I think I did some Pink Lemonade as well, you have to show us your work when you've done it! I've been dying the roving before spinning it, but I think i'm going to try spinning the natural wool first and then dye it, it might make the spinning easier as the fibres get a bit tangled with all the wetness etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Make sure to post some photos once you get the dyeing underway! The blackcherry one sounds lovely. Can you vary the intensity of the colour with KoolAid, or do you have to make up a standard concentration and leave it for a standard amount of time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansforyou Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 The amount of water you put in isn't important, as long as theres enough to cover the wool (the smell of frying wool in the microwave isn't good). What is important is the amount of Kool-Aid to Wool. Because no matter how much water you use, the kool aid will eventually soak into the wool and the water is left behind. There's a few things that can effect the outcome, if you don't pre-wet the wool before adding it to the kool aid mix you can get patches where it soaks the kool aid in first, and patches that it doesn't reach, so pre-wetting the fibre evens it out more. The more Kool aid you use to amount of wool means you'll get a deeper/richer shade. If you want it more pastel use less kool aid to wool. If you dye it and find the shades too vibrant, you can overdye it with another colour to tone it down. I still need to work on using more than one dye on a batch yet, I had a go but ended up with a bit of a mess, i think because when I put it int he microwave the colours blended together too much. This is why it's better to use the stove method or jam jars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaitef Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 If you're looking for natural yarns have a look at dtcrafts.co.uk. They have some gorgeous rare breed wools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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