... and brighten it with dew? The Candyman can!!! Or anybody else with bare yarn and Kool-Aid! LOLI liked Kool-Aid dyeing so much the first time I tried it; I had to go out and buy more wool to play with! This time, I cut 3 balls of Lion Brand wool into 25yd mini-skeins, and ended up with 18 (appx.) half ounce skeins. Yeay! LOL
I love playing around with color, and this is a great way to do it. I still want to try more, like self-striping patterns, and more variegated colorways. But, I wanted to start with a base, and know what each color was going to turn out as, that's why I dyed such small mini-skeins. I know the Knitty article showed a bunch of different samples, but I wanted to see for myself, what shade & tone each different color Kool-Aid would finish like. Single packets of color turned out mostly saturated, and wildly different effects can be achieved by overdyeing. I must mention, Kool-Aid dyeing is SUPER fun! Watch out! It can be addicting! LOL
Upper Left to Right - (Middle left was left undyed,) Grape, Berry Blue, partial packet of Berry Blue, Arctic Green Apple, partial (tiny bit!) packet of Lemon Lime, partial packet of Lemon Lime overdyed with a partial packet of Berry Blue, Lemon Lime, and Lemon lime (2 packets.)
Lower Left to Right - Black Cherry, Strawberry, Watermelon Cherry (2 packets,) Watermelon Cherry, Strawberry Lemonade, Lemonade overdyed with partial packet of Watermelon Cherry, Lemonade overdyed with Strawberry Lemonade, and Orange.
I did some dying with Lion Brand wool and Kool-Aid too. I love the texture of that yarn. I also used some Wilton's paste icings to get a couple of different colors. It was a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteI totally love them, especially the green ones, and the orange and the purple ooooh I just love them all :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty! The colors you made are totally amazing. I'm super jealous!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea with the mini skeins they look great!
ReplyDeleteKari, your yarns are gorgeous!! You've definitely put your art background to good use mixing those lovely colors. So yummy.
ReplyDeleteThose colors are awesome! I love your almost-scientific color dying choices ... I imagine you in a lab coat making notes in your quad pad, "2 packets Watermelon Cherry ... "
ReplyDeleteThose colors look very yummy! Kool-Aid dyeing was really fun for me too...and I totally loved hunting for new flavors/colors at supermarkets and grocery stores.
ReplyDeleteBEAUTIFUL! I just started trying this and I'm addicted! I can use your colors as a guide! Thanks for posting it. Lovely colors and pictures.
ReplyDeleteLove theese!! I need to try it i just love that top row of colors =]
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