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Roxanne
January 10th, 2006, 11:03 PM
Ever tried some mixing of Koolaid to dye yarn? I am pretty surprised with the colours I got actually...a little more toned down and not so vibrant but still quite nice. The two lace weight skeins I did are the same colour...just the second skein has a little food colour added to it to increase the colour of the red and blue.

Click here (http://knitnpurlzen.wordpress.com/2006/01/10/lace-weight-dyeing-success/) to take a look. Thanks for stopping by! :cheer
losingmymind2
January 11th, 2006, 03:08 PM
Beautiful! Isn't mixing fun? I've got some wool on order to play with and want to do more mixing.
Stashaholic
January 11th, 2006, 07:51 PM
I've done quite a bit of it Roxanne. I save my dishwashing bottles to use as "squirters". Plus then if I don't use all the mixture, it's ready for the next time!
jingles96
January 13th, 2006, 11:56 AM
That turned out beautiful! I'm in awe. I've tried koolaid dyeing twice - just playing around. You amaze me. :)
Roxanne
January 15th, 2006, 12:42 AM
That turned out beautiful! I'm in awe. I've tried koolaid dyeing twice - just playing around. You amaze me. :)

Awwww Anna, thanks...you make me blush!! :2blush
Debbi
January 15th, 2006, 01:39 PM
I had kids dyr little tapestry skeins of yarn. They enjoyed it and they smelled good. We used jars ans I let the kids shake them a bit. They were facinated.
Debbi J-H
b1jah2
January 15th, 2006, 03:31 PM
That is beautiful. I would love to do something like that. Where did you learn how to dye yarn? And with koolaid? I think that is the most economical use of koolaid I have ever seen and it turned out so great! LOVE IT!
Roxanne
January 15th, 2006, 03:38 PM
That is beautiful. I would love to do something like that. Where did you learn how to dye yarn? And with koolaid? I think that is the most economical use of koolaid I have ever seen and it turned out so great! LOVE IT!

I've read a lot online about dyeing yarn to figure out how to do it. There are a lot of tutorials online for Koolaid dyeing too if you Google it. And thanks for the compliment too! :hug
earthwhisper
January 15th, 2006, 09:14 PM
What colors did you mix to get the blue, it is gorgeous! I have mixed colors, but with food coloring too. Everything looked icky and black and dirty and then I nuked it and I got gorgeous (purples and orange) colors, here (http://crazycrafter.blogspot.com/2005/10/ball-hank.html).
Roxanne
January 15th, 2006, 10:17 PM
What colors did you mix to get the blue, it is gorgeous! I have mixed colors, but with food coloring too. Everything looked icky and black and dirty and then I nuked it and I got gorgeous (purples and orange) colors, here (http://crazycrafter.blogspot.com/2005/10/ball-hank.html).

Oh gosh, I think it was Ice Blue and something else...hmmmmm...grape maybe? I should've written it down! :blush