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sparklegirl79

Oh Yeah!

Aug 18, 2009 22:16

So I've been doing a lot of experimenting with dyeing yarns recently, and I thought I'd share what I've learned so far. To start with, I'd heard that you can dye yarn with unsweetened Kool-aid, so I looked around on line, and lo and behold, I found a tutorial over on Knitty which gives a fantastic overview on the process here. I didn't get my ( Read more... )

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e_mily August 19 2009, 15:13:28 UTC

Ooooh so Kool-aid does work on silk? That would make me amazingly happy. I've got a big skein of raw silk yarn that I picked up for free a few years ago from the local fiber guild (I loved that building) and I've wanted to dye it.

sparklegirl79 August 20 2009, 01:29:10 UTC

Yep! Silk is a protein fiber just like wool, even though it's sometimes categorized with plant fibers because it isn't stretchy like wool, but it dyes just as well. I haven't dyed raw silk, but I don't see why it wouldn't dye. Here, look:

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e_mily August 20 2009, 02:48:38 UTC

Oooooooooh.

sparklegirl79 August 20 2009, 03:17:39 UTC

Just make sure you give it enough space for the dye to get to all the fibers

genarti August 20 2009, 16:44:25 UTC

Oooooh. I knew the basic idea for Kool-Aid dyeing, but I hadn't seen it so clearly laid out with pretty pictures.

Am I memorying this post? Oh yes indeed.

sparklegirl79 August 20 2009, 17:05:32 UTC

Yay! Glad it was informative. Also check out the links I referenced in the post because there's even more info there. The best thing about dyeing with Kool-aid though is that you kind of can't screw it up too badly, it's such a simple process. I thought it would be way more involved, but no. It's just fun! And it makes your house smell like fruit loops.