Dyeing with Kool-aid
16 Oct 2011 4 Comments
Time to try this dyeing method. I needed more orange & red wool batting for the store and decided to try to dye them myself.
The bad stuff about dyeing wool with kool-aid are:
1.The smell is too fake fruity and a bit nauseating. The whole house still smells like fake orange & cherry.
2.It’s hard to find a full range of colors. The two stores I went to only had lemonade, cherry, orange, and grape. I guess most people these days don’t want to drink lime, blueberry, or pineapple.
3. The lemonade doesn’t work to good as yellow and pineapple is not available.
The good things about dyeing with kool-aid:
1. It’s non-toxic and you can use regular cooking pans.
2. It makes a vivid acid dye for wool & silk.
3. You know when the dye has taken when the dye water turns fairly clear!
Oct 16, 2011 @ 22:15:31
Would crystal lite work? I am sure there are more colors and I know they have lemon-yellow lemonade…
Oct 18, 2011 @ 03:38:52
I don’t know if it would. Maybe someone online has experimented already. I’ll google it!
okay I googled it and some of the results were:
http://smallfolly.blogspot.com/2007/08/dyeing-with-mullein-and-food-coloring.html
http://wolfandturtle.net/Dye/index.php/dye/comments/oasis_sunset/
Oct 17, 2011 @ 02:52:30
Okay, Rose, that’s a little scary looking — kinda like brains — but “A” for effort. At this very moment I am doing my own experiment dying some roving with a mixture of water and parts of fresh beets I cut off before cooking. We shall see!
Oct 18, 2011 @ 03:37:00
Are you adding vinegar? I think that’s the key.