can i dye aristocrats?

[gilamama]

can i dye aristocrats longies? dd2 is in cloth and i want to switch dd1 (just for night time). she needs everything to be pink lately so i want them to be hot pink pajama (sp?) pants. WHat dye to use? how to and etc etc...

[UnskulinMama]

Yep! I just recently bought an XL aristocrat (not longies though) for my 4 year old who still pees at night... To make it more fun for him (we're trying hard to get away from the disposables and back to cloth), we went to the store to find Koolaid to dye it with. We used Llamajama's instructions here --> http://www.llamajama.com/products/ar...php?article=10 DS really wanted bright green, but our store only had grape and orange, so he settled for the purple. Make sure you use enough packets, though. For the XL soaker, we used 4 koolaid packets and while it worked pretty well, it might've been a bit brighter with 5 or 6. Not sure how many you'd need for longies, but at 25 cents a pack, it's not going to break the bank if you buy a few too many http://www.knitty.com/issuefall02/FEATdyedwool.html is another link about dying wool w/ koolaid, though it's not specific to cloth diapers (but it has a neat pic showing the different koolaid flavors and what color it results in).

Oh, the only other thing I think we read was to be careful about the water... Use warm, not hot, and let it cool to room temp before rinsing. Going quickly from hot to cold can cause the soaker to felt up and shrink.

Have fun

[gilamama]

thanks!