cinfulkarmah
March 23rd, 2005, 02:31 PM
Brilliant me, cough-cough, suggested to DD that wouldn't dyeing yarn with Kool Aid be a great project for her science/educational fair? Needless to say I spent a ton of time this weekend with my little hands in wool and dye. Lol.
I have pictures on my blog (http://justcinful.blogspot.com) from the dyeing process. We used three packaets of each color/flavor (we found 18 in all). I wanted the colors to be really rich & dark in order to show up better for the project.
Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of our yarn test. We took 6 different types of yarn and dyed them to see what would happen. (From research I knew that only the protien based ones would really dye.) So I had a swatch of eahc yarn before dyeing, after dyeing and then after washing. When we get the project back from the school I will have to take pics and show you all.
What yarns did we test?
Bernat Softee Baby -- Seemed to take the dye, but really pale, but after washing all color was removed.
Darice Nylon Plus -- Took the dye. But it turned a different color than the dye itself. It was also dyed with a circle of wool. The same color turned the wool green (same shade as the Kool Aid) and turned the nylon gold. The plasticizers in nylon contain protein, and thus dyes with Kool Aid.
Lily Sugar 'n Cream -- Came out splotchy. After hand washing it faded some. Not truely dyed, just stained. My thought is that if it was to be machine washed with bleach the color would come out or fade even more.
Lion Brand Cotton-Ease -- Seemed to take the dye and turned a pretty shade of pale blue. Unfortunately after washing the dye came right out, leaving only a slightly blue tinge to the yarn.
Lion Brand Fisherman's Wool -- Took to the dye like a champ. No change after washing.
Lion Brand Wool-Ease -- This dyed as well. I am thinking because of the wool content. It did not dye as dark as the 100% wool. Although it did not seem to fade with hand washing, repeated machine washing could cause significant fading.
Whew! I'll let you all know when we have the other pictures added to my blog, so you can see the yarn testing itself.
I have pictures on my blog (http://justcinful.blogspot.com) from the dyeing process. We used three packaets of each color/flavor (we found 18 in all). I wanted the colors to be really rich & dark in order to show up better for the project.
Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of our yarn test. We took 6 different types of yarn and dyed them to see what would happen. (From research I knew that only the protien based ones would really dye.) So I had a swatch of eahc yarn before dyeing, after dyeing and then after washing. When we get the project back from the school I will have to take pics and show you all.
What yarns did we test?
Bernat Softee Baby -- Seemed to take the dye, but really pale, but after washing all color was removed.
Darice Nylon Plus -- Took the dye. But it turned a different color than the dye itself. It was also dyed with a circle of wool. The same color turned the wool green (same shade as the Kool Aid) and turned the nylon gold. The plasticizers in nylon contain protein, and thus dyes with Kool Aid.
Lily Sugar 'n Cream -- Came out splotchy. After hand washing it faded some. Not truely dyed, just stained. My thought is that if it was to be machine washed with bleach the color would come out or fade even more.
Lion Brand Cotton-Ease -- Seemed to take the dye and turned a pretty shade of pale blue. Unfortunately after washing the dye came right out, leaving only a slightly blue tinge to the yarn.
Lion Brand Fisherman's Wool -- Took to the dye like a champ. No change after washing.
Lion Brand Wool-Ease -- This dyed as well. I am thinking because of the wool content. It did not dye as dark as the 100% wool. Although it did not seem to fade with hand washing, repeated machine washing could cause significant fading.
Whew! I'll let you all know when we have the other pictures added to my blog, so you can see the yarn testing itself.