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Fun with Kool-Aid
Oct. 26th, 2006 02:37 amLast weekend I took my first foray into yarn dyeing--using Kool-Aid!
How fun! It was really easy. I bought 4 skeins of "bare" wool (the white skein in the front of the photo.) Kool-Aid just gets sucked right up by the yarn, leaving clear water behind. The blue and mottled purple/red should make a nice lacey scarf for Mom. The green is for a project that needs bright green yarn that I've been unable to find in stores. The reds I think are pretty (Blastin' Berry Cherry and Black Cherry) but I'm sure could be found professionally dyed elsewhere for less effort. I need a hot pink and none of the colors at my local Safeway or QFC really cut it. It was funny checking out at QFC--the cashier was really excited that I was buying so much Kool-Aid and was still talking about how wonderful it is as I was walking out the front door :) I didn't have the heart to tell him I'd never actually drink the stuff.
I've really gotta get cranking on my gift projects. I'm on sleeve #1 of one sweater, and have about 1/4 of another on the needles, and haven't even cast on for Dad's sweater (which will take forever since it'll be big) and Mom's scarf. Let alone the things I wanted to make for Craig & Katie's baby (due in December) and my boss' impending arrival (that should be after the new year so I've got time).
Oy. Halloween is coming soon. I think we're dragging out the nurse and doctor outfits and making them "menacing" and "insane" just for variation.
TV night tonight for me. ANTM is on soon, then lost, then Top Chef. I'm not having much of a social life these days.
How fun! It was really easy. I bought 4 skeins of "bare" wool (the white skein in the front of the photo.) Kool-Aid just gets sucked right up by the yarn, leaving clear water behind. The blue and mottled purple/red should make a nice lacey scarf for Mom. The green is for a project that needs bright green yarn that I've been unable to find in stores. The reds I think are pretty (Blastin' Berry Cherry and Black Cherry) but I'm sure could be found professionally dyed elsewhere for less effort. I need a hot pink and none of the colors at my local Safeway or QFC really cut it. It was funny checking out at QFC--the cashier was really excited that I was buying so much Kool-Aid and was still talking about how wonderful it is as I was walking out the front door :) I didn't have the heart to tell him I'd never actually drink the stuff.
I've really gotta get cranking on my gift projects. I'm on sleeve #1 of one sweater, and have about 1/4 of another on the needles, and haven't even cast on for Dad's sweater (which will take forever since it'll be big) and Mom's scarf. Let alone the things I wanted to make for Craig & Katie's baby (due in December) and my boss' impending arrival (that should be after the new year so I've got time).
Oy. Halloween is coming soon. I think we're dragging out the nurse and doctor outfits and making them "menacing" and "insane" just for variation.
TV night tonight for me. ANTM is on soon, then lost, then Top Chef. I'm not having much of a social life these days.
