Comments on: multi-colored custom yarn with kool-aid, part 1!

By: Beth

Beth — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:04:16 +0000

when I was 12, I dyed a strip of my hair with red kool-aid. It was awesome and DID NOT wash out (because I did it in a very similar way to this!) My mom had a hissy though!:) what a good idea to do it with yarn!

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By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:17:55 +0000

That color combo for your hat is super cool. I love this blog. I keep returning to it to check it out since I found it the other day. I am tagging you, the details are on my blog. If you don't have time for it, don't worry about it. Have an awesome day and thanks for having a cool blog.

By: gfelted

gfelted — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:36:42 +0000

Great Tutorial!
How permanent are kool aid colors? Aren’t they pretty fugitive and wash out easily?
Gerry

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:29:44 +0000

Do you pour the kool-aid in when it is hot or when you turn on the heat? Very good tutorial!

By: Zaz

Zaz — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:48:59 +0000

see me on ravelry as Zaz.
i was sent kool aid all the way from the US as it’s not sold in france. i had read the knitty explanations on how to do it and also their colorwheel (i call it that). i remembered i had done this with watercolor tubes at school (the color mixing spectrum part with complimentary colors).
it turned out you canot dye cotton with it (i did experiments with scraps) of different yarn compositions using the same color.
i will look you up on ravelry i suppose it’s Leethal.
i like your funky colors all over your website

By: leethal

leethal — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:47:45 +0000

to answer both Ashley and Carol: i have not seen any fading on any yarn i’ve dyed. i started dyeing almost a year and a half ago, so my oldest dyed things are that old and are still super vibrant. i’ve handwashed things with little bleeding and no visible fading. i’ve machine washed a pair of mitts made with dyed superwash wool a couple times with no fading. i have not yet tried felting anything, but based on everything i mentioned, i really doubt you’d see any fading. when i wash yarn spun from regular acid-dyed fiber, i still get major bleeding, so any bleeding happening with kool-aid dye doesn’t worry me, as long as i don’t notice the color fading, which i don’t. so judging only by what i’ve done/seen personally, kool-aid dyeing seems to be very colorfast!!

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:27:32 +0000

I am working on a red, orange, and yellow combination RIGHT NOW. I am sending you this comment while I wait for the approx. half hour in the pan…Kool-aid hot, Kool-aid cold, Kool-aid in the pot- 30 minutes old. I know I am gonna love the colors. I do repeat the Question Ashley asks….how is the colorfastness of this method?
Carol

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:15:57 +0000

This is so great, thank you!
I tried my first skein today and it turned out beautiful AND it smells good!
Just wondering, how has the colorfastness held up? I wonder what would happen if you felted it, would some of the dye wash out?

Ashley