[chrfath]

Can I dye wool with kool-aid without a microwave? If you have instructions please share.

Thanks!

 

[scrappinmomof3]

DO you have a steamer? Like something you can put on top of a dutch oven on your stove? Or just boiling the kool aid dye and wool... just as long as you get the wool good and hot, you can do it without the microwave.

 

[VikingKvinna]

Yup, I do it all the time. Get a big pot of water, enough to cover your wool, and heat it on the stove. Add the Kool-Aid. Add the wool, swish it around, and leave it on the heat for a couple of minutes. Then turn it off and --this is the important part -- let the wool stay in the KA bath until the water is clear and cold.

Check out the link on this board (under How-Tos and Tutorials) for more information!

HTH. Have fun!
~nick

 

[kimberlylibby]

How can this *NOT* felt the wool? I have this skein of natural yarn and I"m just SO afraid I'm going to felt that yarn!!!

Kimberly

 

[chrfath]

What about varigated yarn??? That is what I want to try. I use my 45% off coupons for the lion brand(natural fishermans wool) they sell at Joann fabrics.

I am so wanting to unwrap the skein and varigate that yarn.

Thanks.

 

[pb_and_j]

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Originally Posted by kimberlylibby How can this *NOT* felt the wool? I have this skein of natural yarn and I"m just SO afraid I'm going to felt that yarn!!!

Wool felts from a combination of temperature changes and agitation. Heat alone will not felt it... you would need to agitate it quite a bit for it to felt, so just be careful not to stir it too much.

HTH~

 

[pb_and_j]

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Originally Posted by chrfath What about varigated yarn??? That is what I want to try. I use my 45% off coupons for the lion brand(natural fishermans wool) they sell at Joann fabrics.

To get different colors, unwrap the yarn and wind it up around your arm or a chair or something (like how you would wrap up an electric extension cord, kwim?). Then you can dip each end in different colors, or use a bulb syringe and squirt different colors on different parts of the yarn. HTH~

 

[ma2maya]

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Originally Posted by chrfath What about varigated yarn??? That is what I want to try. I use my 45% off coupons for the lion brand(natural fishermans wool) they sell at Joann fabrics. I am so wanting to unwrap the skein and varigate that yarn. Thanks.

Check out this link http://gfwsheep.com/rov.inst/rov.inst.html for basic directions on how to do varigated yarn. Though the type of dye used is not Kool Aid, the steps are basically the same.

Kathy