tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541279.post116156465467488380..comments2023-06-16T06:53:17.874-07:00Comments on Keep On Knitting In The Free World: Kool-aid dying tutorialStarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333637412849896461noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541279.post-47415798638922564202015-04-26T07:01:16.070-07:002015-04-26T07:01:16.070-07:00Thanks for your inspiring tutorials! I have a ques...Thanks for your inspiring tutorials! I have a question about the handpainting. After you wrap the painted yarn in plastic and put it in a bowl, do you leave it wrapped during the cooking process? Do you worry it will dry out? Thanks again!Dannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12217063969639823372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541279.post-10767605846037120782010-12-01T08:32:52.441-08:002010-12-01T08:32:52.441-08:00Beautiful pictures and excellent, clear! I will b...Beautiful pictures and excellent, clear! I will be posting a link to your blog from my Facebook felting page-- Felting Away! Thanks!Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929995086528568179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541279.post-70910014083575590262009-03-24T07:54:00.000-07:002009-03-24T07:54:00.000-07:00Hey Catherine,The beaded yarn was done this way: d...Hey Catherine,<BR/><BR/>The beaded yarn was done this way: dye a lot of roving with a few different colors. Spin the yarn onto two bobbins, then ply together loosely. String beads onto sturdy thread and ply with yarn once more.<BR/><BR/>Hope this makes sense! <BR/><BR/>The colors just happen because the roving had different colors and when you ply the colors line up in different ways :-)Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333637412849896461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541279.post-37689250853664435272009-03-20T13:53:00.000-07:002009-03-20T13:53:00.000-07:00How do you get the beaded yarn look when dying rov...How do you get the beaded yarn look when dying roving? I love the way that spun yarn looks. Do you dye it to twist with two colours, or does it just do that as you spin?Lily Lee's Wool & Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05076475622707337207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541279.post-78837191521513458982009-01-11T16:23:00.000-08:002009-01-11T16:23:00.000-08:00hey anonymous,It works for me. It may not work for...hey anonymous,<BR/><BR/>It works for me. It may not work for everyone.<BR/><BR/>you might get a brown mess if you're careless about your technique, if you use too much dye, and if you mix opposite colors like red/green, yellow/purple, or blue/orange. <BR/><BR/>If you're careful, you won't have a brown mess. <BR/><BR/>Don't pour too many colors on top of eachother. Don't use too much dye to pool on the bottom.Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333637412849896461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541279.post-19807235816509075582009-01-11T07:45:00.000-08:002009-01-11T07:45:00.000-08:00Regarding this instruction for multiple colors... ...Regarding this instruction for multiple colors... "Arrange the yarn so that it is in a spiral, as close to one layer as possible. Avoid bunching and tangling. Pour the colors gently over the yarn and let them pool in the bottom of the bowl." Am I understanding this right.....you put the yarn in a spiral and then you just pour multiple colors of dye over the yarn at the same time? Seems like the colors would mix and make a brown mess?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541279.post-22488211681062655022008-06-06T01:34:00.000-07:002008-06-06T01:34:00.000-07:00Wow - you have given me faith to try Kool Aid agai...Wow - you have given me faith to try Kool Aid again (not a bad experience, just a lot of work and a looooot of plastic wrap!)<BR/><BR/>Your spinning is beautiful.Shainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481623698373431454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541279.post-907714996740680792008-01-28T09:44:00.000-08:002008-01-28T09:44:00.000-08:00Thank you so much for this tutorial....I did a few...Thank you so much for this tutorial....I did a few test batches today, and your directions were clear and so right on! You definitely make kool aid fun!island jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345932438728381107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541279.post-58760823454983368372007-03-02T21:48:00.000-08:002007-03-02T21:48:00.000-08:00Keep on dyeing fiber in the free world! I love yo...Keep on dyeing fiber in the free world! I love your Kool-Aid colorways, though I would like to see what you do with the greens and blues, and grape (which yields both purple and blue). However, I feel compelled to add my two cents. I find that I get better results if I dye my handspun BEFORE I ply it. This results in less color puddling in the eventual knitted project. Also, Kool Aid works very well on Crochet Nylon, giving intense, saturated colors that make bitchin' purses, "string" bags, cell phone holders and laptop cases. Anyone who likes Kool Aid or Wilton Cake dyes should try Easter egg dyes. You have to remember to use vinegar or lemon juice with these, however. The day after Easter, I buy up the marked-down dye in insane quantities to dye fiber with all year long. It rounds out the Kool Aid palette nicely. And plain old food coloring works very well, too, either on its own (with vinegar or lemon juice), or added to Kool Aid or Easter Egg dyes to tweak the colors in new directions. Knitters and crocheters who don't spin (yet!) can use these dyes on white, natural, or light-colored purchased animal-fiber yarn and get fantastic results, especially on superwashed wool, which soaks up the color in a flash. I buy sale yarn for this purpose now and then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541279.post-1161906509872517532006-10-26T16:48:00.000-07:002006-10-26T16:48:00.000-07:00This needs to be published! It is so detailed, eas...This needs to be published! It is so detailed, easy to understand, picturesque, and just plain good!! Everytime I go to Border's Knitting section, I expect to see a book by you there! This is an unbiased remark and you know from soccer days, I can be unbiased!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541279.post-1161708936151067642006-10-24T09:55:00.000-07:002006-10-24T09:55:00.000-07:00Keep on experimenting in the free world! Those yar...Keep on <I>experimenting</I> in the free world! Those yarns rock!! :)m.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03213897186610781104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541279.post-1161700132923096702006-10-24T07:28:00.000-07:002006-10-24T07:28:00.000-07:00Spectacular!!! Thanks so much! Fantastic tute an...Spectacular!!! Thanks so much! Fantastic tute and pics!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com