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The voice of experience is so useful when trying something like this for the first time. We can learn from her experiments! Beautiful results!
Dye Yarn With Kool-Aid Tutorial at Uzume's Crafty Goodness
"Prior to writing this, I decided, for the sake of correctness, to check the spelling of everyone’s favorite powdered drink. Kool-ade, I had thought, made sense. Like lemonade or limeade. Right?
Wrong! “Kool-Aid”, the package pronounced. I was perplexed. I still am. I guess it aids you… in being “kool”? Whatever that is. I’m bitter that my sensible-spelling logic didn’t work out.
Regardless of any personal issues I might now have with said drink mix, it is a fantastic color-izer of woolen stuff. I have been getting into yarn lately, and, even more lately, into wool yarn (it felts! Isn’t that awesome?!?!) and I vaguely remembered hearing something about Kool-Aid. I hit Google, found a few pages with general instructions, and within a few hours I had dyed my first batch of yarn.
I’ve dyed several batches since then, and here’s how I do it..." Read more
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- Tutorial - How To Make A Crocheted Box
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- Tutorial - How To Hand Dye Yarn
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- Tutorial - How To Dye Wool Felt With Kool Aid
Love the mottled colors and looks like a lot of fun! Rainbow Dyed Felt With KoolAid Tutorial at Fiona Duthie "Dyeing with food dyes, including Kool Aid is a great project for working with children, and can also be a practical way for anyone to get some...
Tutorials
Tutorial - How to Dye Yarn With Kool-Aid
The voice of experience is so useful when trying something like this for the first time. We can learn from her experiments! Beautiful results!Dye Yarn With Kool-Aid Tutorial at Uzume's Crafty Goodness
"Prior to writing this, I decided, for the sake of correctness, to check the spelling of everyone’s favorite powdered drink. Kool-ade, I had thought, made sense. Like lemonade or limeade. Right?
Wrong! “Kool-Aid”, the package pronounced. I was perplexed. I still am. I guess it aids you… in being “kool”? Whatever that is. I’m bitter that my sensible-spelling logic didn’t work out.
Regardless of any personal issues I might now have with said drink mix, it is a fantastic color-izer of woolen stuff. I have been getting into yarn lately, and, even more lately, into wool yarn (it felts! Isn’t that awesome?!?!) and I vaguely remembered hearing something about Kool-Aid. I hit Google, found a few pages with general instructions, and within a few hours I had dyed my first batch of yarn.
I’ve dyed several batches since then, and here’s how I do it..." Read more
- Tutorial - How To Dye Yarn With Food Coloring
You can use cotton or wool yarn Tutorial at Makery Blog "When I was making my yarn wrapped pattern weights it occurred to me that it might be quite fun to ombre dye the cotton yarn I was using. I only need to dye a little bit so didn’t want to fork...
- Tutorial - Turmeric Dyed Ombre Yarn
Use natural turmeric to add beautiful golden ombre tones to a ball of yarn Tutorial at Makery Blog "In the past I’ve used tea & Coffee to dye clothes. I’ve been meaning to try turmeric as a dye for aaaages. Then this week when I was “playing”...
- Tutorial - How To Make A Crocheted Box
Add decoration as you like Crocheted Box Tutorial at Be A Crafter Blog "Materials: 6mm and 3mm crochet hooks, Yarn of your favorite colors ( chunky yarn for the box, worsted or light weight yarn for other details ) Yarn needle, Hot glue gun, Button...
- Tutorial - How To Hand Dye Yarn
Get different shading by overdying a portion of the yarn Hand Dyed Yarn Tutorial at Nantucket Knitter Blog "A great and creative activity! You can e-mail me for a pdf at [email protected]. You will need: - a teaspoon - a big enamel...
- Tutorial - How To Dye Wool Felt With Kool Aid
Love the mottled colors and looks like a lot of fun! Rainbow Dyed Felt With KoolAid Tutorial at Fiona Duthie "Dyeing with food dyes, including Kool Aid is a great project for working with children, and can also be a practical way for anyone to get some...