OMW. You must have your phd in yarn dying by now!. There is no better teacher than experience. I'm grateful to have your years of experience at my fingertips! ❤
Ok, that was my thought too. I am just starting out with dyeing yarn so I am only dyeing very small amounts of yarn to practice and get the colors I want, so I'm not using all my kool aid mixtures. Thanks! LOVE your videos, so informative and inspiring!
Thanks for a very educational video. Your narration is so helpful which is something I found lacking in most other UA-cam videos on this topic. Would you happen to know at what temperature we should keep the dye during the process? My alpaca yarn seems a little stiff after dyeing and I worry that I let it get too hot. Also, I found that lemonade didn't provide enough color so I used a bit of food coloring to help.
@BamSliceYeah I have felted yarn that I dyed with kool aid (to do this you want to make sure it is not superwash wool, and that it isn't an acrylic blend.) I experienced very little bleeding when I was felting the yarn. (I made some oven mitts.)
@iMuffinz1 This technique will work on anything made out of wool (and other animal fibers), nylon or silk. It will not work on acrylic or cotton. So depending on the fiber content of your shoe laces, you may be able to dye them.
I have no idea how long it has been popular. I discovered it when I was looking for a way to color a bunch of cream fisherman's wool that I had leftover after a sampler afghan.
@Barbarajean1987 I started with Kool Aid, and later added food coloring to pump up the colors (I have other tutorials on this.) I have never measured the temperature, but I tend to have the wool in simmering water. (Which is 212 degrees F) If you are worried about the texture of the yarn, I would boil the dyebath for a while first, let it cool a bit before adding the yarn. If not enough color absorbs, you can remove the yarn, reheat the dye and start again. Good luck!
There can sometimes be some bleeding when you rinse the yarn, but otherwise food coloring is pretty washfast. I would hand wash on cold so there isn't any bleeding. (Warm/hot water can cause bleeding with all acid dyes that includes food coloring.)
I just watched your Yarn Dyeing Math series of 3. I want to use kool-aid for my first dye batch, but I have 6 mini skeins (20g each) and I want to dye them all at once for a dye batch instead of separately. How many packets of kool-aid would I need to get as much of a high level of saturation as you have in this video? The yarn is Pyngora.
I used one packet of KoolAid but unfortunately I didn't weigh the skein at the time so I'm not sure exactly how much yarn there was. I would guess it is under 10 grams, though. I wish that I could help more, but I would recommend starting with less dye than you think you may need and then adding more until you are satisfied with the color.
It depends on what the shorts are made out of. I have had great success dying fibers made out of wool, silk, and nylon out of food coloring/ Kool aid. Cotton doesn't work very well and acrylic doesn't work at all.
Can you store extra kool aid thats been mixed in water? Like if i mixed 1 packet of kool aid in 1 cup of water and only used 1/2 cup in my dye bath, can i store the rest for later? Should I put it in the refrigerator?
Whitney Fletchall It Works Distributor I've stored food coloring solutions for a long time (weeks) in between use, but I haven't ever done this with KoolAid. Since there is no sugar in the solution and you're not going to consume there shouldn't be an issue.
I have a couple questions. Is it possible to send yarn through multiple kool aid washes of various colors without damaging the yarn? Is it possible to make a black, or near black, using kool aid? And if not, is food coloring and kool aid compatible to blend?
What do I used the dyed yarn for? I am a knitter, so all of the yarn from my tutorials gets incorporated into a knitting project. I think this particular yarn ended up being part of some ladybug amigurumi. (Free patterns available at chemknitsDOTcom)
Special Brown TO my knowldedge there is no black KoolAid. It is hard to get a true black out of food colorings, but you can get really deep colors (navy, maroon) if you start with a dark grey yarn.
The yarn in this video is a miniskein of 100% wool fingering weight bare palette yarn shrsl.com/lhwx (KnitPicks Affilaite Link)
OMW. You must have your phd in yarn dying by now!. There is no better teacher than experience. I'm grateful to have your years of experience at my fingertips! ❤
You've really gone back to the beginning!! :D LOVE IT!
McCormick's NEON dye line has a good lime green that lasts, too. Good luck and happy dyeing!
Ok, that was my thought too. I am just starting out with dyeing yarn so I am only dyeing very small amounts of yarn to practice and get the colors I want, so I'm not using all my kool aid mixtures. Thanks! LOVE your videos, so informative and inspiring!
Whitney Fletchall It Works Distributor Best of luck!
Love the color
Thank you!
Thanks for a very educational video. Your narration is so helpful which is something I found lacking in most other UA-cam videos on this topic. Would you happen to know at what temperature we should keep the dye during the process? My alpaca yarn seems a little stiff after dyeing and I worry that I let it get too hot. Also, I found that lemonade didn't provide enough color so I used a bit of food coloring to help.
@BamSliceYeah I have felted yarn that I dyed with kool aid (to do this you want to make sure it is not superwash wool, and that it isn't an acrylic blend.)
I experienced very little bleeding when I was felting the yarn. (I made some oven mitts.)
Thank you
You're welcome!
this is a pretty good idea
@iMuffinz1 This technique will work on anything made out of wool (and other animal fibers), nylon or silk. It will not work on acrylic or cotton. So depending on the fiber content of your shoe laces, you may be able to dye them.
I have no idea how long it has been popular. I discovered it when I was looking for a way to color a bunch of cream fisherman's wool that I had leftover after a sampler afghan.
Very late response but yes! I have colored it with almost everything including kool-aid
Fun to go back to one of your earlier videos. This was 9 years ago. How long had you been doing videos when you made this one?
This was one of the very first ones! I have a couple older knitting tutorials that I made to help with a pattern I did. :D
@Barbarajean1987 I started with Kool Aid, and later added food coloring to pump up the colors (I have other tutorials on this.)
I have never measured the temperature, but I tend to have the wool in simmering water. (Which is 212 degrees F) If you are worried about the texture of the yarn, I would boil the dyebath for a while first, let it cool a bit before adding the yarn. If not enough color absorbs, you can remove the yarn, reheat the dye and start again. Good luck!
After you dye..and is tha right color...does tha color from dyeing..kool aid...does tha color bleed out at all?
There can sometimes be some bleeding when you rinse the yarn, but otherwise food coloring is pretty washfast. I would hand wash on cold so there isn't any bleeding. (Warm/hot water can cause bleeding with all acid dyes that includes food coloring.)
Would this work with shoe laces as well?
Do you have any idea how well it might work on cotton yarn?
I just watched your Yarn Dyeing Math series of 3. I want to use kool-aid for my first dye batch, but I have 6 mini skeins (20g each) and I want to dye them all at once for a dye batch instead of separately. How many packets of kool-aid would I need to get as much of a high level of saturation as you have in this video? The yarn is Pyngora.
I used one packet of KoolAid but unfortunately I didn't weigh the skein at the time so I'm not sure exactly how much yarn there was. I would guess it is under 10 grams, though. I wish that I could help more, but I would recommend starting with less dye than you think you may need and then adding more until you are satisfied with the color.
@@ChemKnitsTutorials Thank you.
Glad I could help :)
Is it possible to dye shorts with koolaid?
It depends on the fiber content of the shirt. This will work on animal fibers (wool), but it won't work on cotton or acrylic.
Can you use kool-aid or food coloring in a crockpot for dying?
Roxanne Nelson sure! I haven't tried this yet but I know a lot of people do it.
Exfoliation helps. I use a pumice stone with some success. (Time also helps. It is best to just wear gloves. :) )
It depends on what the shorts are made out of. I have had great success dying fibers made out of wool, silk, and nylon out of food coloring/ Kool aid. Cotton doesn't work very well and acrylic doesn't work at all.
Can you store extra kool aid thats been mixed in water? Like if i mixed 1 packet of kool aid in 1 cup of water and only used 1/2 cup in my dye bath, can i store the rest for later? Should I put it in the refrigerator?
Whitney Fletchall It Works Distributor I've stored food coloring solutions for a long time (weeks) in between use, but I haven't ever done this with KoolAid. Since there is no sugar in the solution and you're not going to consume there shouldn't be an issue.
I have a couple questions. Is it possible to send yarn through multiple kool aid washes of various colors without damaging the yarn? Is it possible to make a black, or near black, using kool aid? And if not, is food coloring and kool aid compatible to blend?
yes you can blend the two I mix purple and green to get black
what do you use it for.
is the mechanism with kool aid different than a dye like procion, which requires an alkaline solution?
Yes. Koolaid is acidic, not basic.
thanks
Can we use liquid containers do kool aid? I can't find kool aid envelopes anymore. Thank you.
Pretty late response but Walmart and Amazon should have them
would this work on shirts
Probably
now i get it
How do u take off the kool aid off your hands
Could you just use plain roving?
Absolutely! I have a number of roving dyeing videos here on the channel. :)
Thank you!
@bhoney89 I have never tried dyeing hair with kool aid, and I don't really recommend it.
What do I used the dyed yarn for? I am a knitter, so all of the yarn from my tutorials gets incorporated into a knitting project. I think this particular yarn ended up being part of some ladybug amigurumi. (Free patterns available at chemknitsDOTcom)
Wat about black
Special Brown TO my knowldedge there is no black KoolAid. It is hard to get a true black out of food colorings, but you can get really deep colors (navy, maroon) if you start with a dark grey yarn.
can you dye color with kool aid?